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HUDSON  BIV£R  MAP  AND  OUIDE.— The  Hudion  Biver  Tourist  will  flud 
tho  Now  Map  of  the  River  of  great  service.  It  indicates  accurately  all  tbe  promiueut  resi- 
dences and  villas,  the  names  and  btiigbts  of  the  mountains,  towns,  cities  and  villages.  It  is 
nine  feet  long,  handsomely  bound,  and  folded  iu  a  neat  little  book,    Price  SO  Cciit«< 

THE  HUDSON  BT  DATLIO.HT  G-tTIDE.— Complete  description  of  tho  Hudson 
and  routes  to  Lake  George,  Saratoga  and  the  West.    '224  pages.    Price  !I5  Cento. 


TIME    TABLE 

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GUIDES  FOR  1880. 

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Albany, 

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HUDSON    ILLUSTRATED. 

Ilud^ou, 

10.40 

Mth  St., 

9.00 

GUIDE  TO  WEST  POINT. 

Catakill,       • 

11.00 

Nyack  Ferry, 

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F.  M. 

Weat  Point. 

11.30 

GUIDE  TO   CATSKILL  MOUNTAINS. 

Rhinebuck, 

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GUIDE  TO  SARATOGA  SPRINGS. 

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GUIDE  TO  THE  ADIROKDACKS. 

Newbursh,  - 

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GUIDE  TO  WHITE  MOUNTAINS. 

Weat  Point. 
Nyack  Ferry, 

2.30 
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Oatskill,       - 

3.23 

GUIDE  TO  NEW  ENGLAND  RESORTS. 

New  York  1 

Hndaon, 

3.43 

APPLETOW'S  NEW  YORK  ILLUST'D 

Mth  St., 

3.30 

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6.10 

GUIDE  TO  NEW  YORK  CITY. 

Vestry  St.,    - 

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-^PLZTON'S  NEW  TOBK  0IT7  IIXTTSTItATED.-OTer  60  fine  views  of 
the  prds^inent  features  of  New  York  Oity.    Price  ttO  Cenla. 

WATSON*S  aXJIDE  ICAP  TO  STT3C1CER  £ESOBTS  ABOUND  NEW 
TOBK.     Price,  95   Oenta. 

THE  NEW  TOBK  aUIDE.— Corrected  dally.  Latest  Map  of  New  York  City. 
Price  lO  Cent*. 

FIELD  AND  OPERA  GLASSES  FOR  SALE  OR  TO  LET. 

COZOMED  GZAaSBS—Blae,  Amber,  Green  and  Smoked— for  »«  and  SO  Cents, 
TBE  PINK  SnoOTINO  GIASS-t  great  success— for  gS  Cent».     Take  a  look 
through  the  Glasses  and  save  your  eyes. 

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NEW  YORK  TO  ALBANY  AND  TROY, 

CAT8K1LL    MOUNTAINS,    PITTSFIKLD,    SAKATOOA    SI'IUNOS, 

LAKE     CUAMPLAIN,    Al'SABLK     CHASM,    PI^ATTSBUKOII,     AI>IKONUACKi), 

MONTREAL,    PUFFALO,    NIAOAUA    FALLS,  THOUSAND     ISLANDS,    HOWE's    CAVE    AND 

KICHFIBLI)  SPKINUS.      PENNSVLVANIA  HAILKOAD  HOUTB 

KKOM    NEW    rOBK    TO    PHILADELPHIA,    HAKUISBUUC,    0ETTY8BUBG, 

BAL'i'IMORF,    WAaaiNGTON,    PITT8BUK0H    AND    CHICAGO,   WITH  RUNNING  SKETCH 

FHOM    CHICAGO    TO    OMAHA    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO. 


THE  FIRST  DK8CBIIT1VG  ANALYSIS  OF  THE  HUOSOM  GVEB  PUBLIBHEB. 


Entertd  according  to  Act  of  Congreu,  in  the  year  1873,  by 

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IMPORTER, 

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PARAGRAPH   CONTENTS. 

The  Hudson  Biver  Guide  Board,  iudicatiog  the  prominent 
features  of  the  Hudson,  occupy  the  first  seventeen  pages. 

The  Hudson  Biver  Description  yrill  be  found  between  pages 
twenty-three  and  aeventy-six,  including  the  Tappan-Zee,  the 
Highlands,  the  Catskills,  towns,  cities,  and  everything  of  interest 
to  the  tourist.  

The  route  from  Albany  to  Pittsfield  will  be  found  between 
pages  seventy-seven  and  seveuty-nine. 

The  route  to  Howe's  Cave,  Cooperstown,  Bichfield  Springs 
and  Bifighamton  via  Albany  and  Susquehanna  Division  of  Dela- 
ware and  Hudson  Canal  Company,  occupies  pages  eighty  and 
eighty-five,  inclusive. 

The  route  to  the  Thousand  Islands,  iNiagara  Falls,  via  Ilion, 
Utica,  Trenton  Falls,  Syracuse,  Rochester,  and  Cleveland,  occu- 
pies pages  eighty-six  and  one  hundred  and  one,  inclusive. 

The  route  from  Albany  and  Troy  to  Saratoga  Springs,  Schroon 
Lake  and  the  Adirondack  Bailroad,  occupies  pages  one  hundred 
and  two  and  one  hundred  and  fourteen,  inclusive. 

The  route  to  Lake  George,  Lake  Champlain,  the  Ausable 
Ohasm,  Plattsburg,  and  Montreal,  occupies  pages  one  hundred 
and  fifteen  and  one  hundred  and  thirty-three,  inclusive. 

The  route  from  New  York  to  Philadelphia,  Harrisburg,  Pitts- 
burgh, Chicago,  Omaha,  Cheyenne,  Denver,  Ogden,  Salt  Lake 
City,  San  Francisco,  the  Yo  Semite,  and  Southern  California, 
will  be  found  between  pages  one  hundred  and  thirty-four  and 
one  hundred  and  sixty-five,  inclusive. 


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The  Oldest  Engineering  School  in  America. 

NEXT  TEBU  BEOINS  SEPTEUSER  16th. 

The  Kegister  for  1880  containn  a  list  of  the  graduates  for  the  past 
flfty-four  yearn,  with  thoir  poHitiona ;  also,  conrso  of  study,  requirements, 
expenses,  etc.  Address, 

DAVID  M.  GREENE,  Director. 


BRYANT  LITERARY  UNION, 

F.  H.  BRYANT,  Manager. 


"The  Best  Talent  for  the  Least  Money." 

ALL  LECTURE  COMMITTEES,  ASSOCMTIOJfS,  or 
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comuig  season,  will  do  well  to  send  for  a  Circular  of 
this  new  I^eeture  Bureau.     Address 

BRYANf'    LITERARY    UNION, 

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THE      TOURIST      GUIDE-BOARD, 


\s  the  Hudson  River  Steamboats  leave  Pior  39,  (or  nny  cf  the  down-lovm 
piers  below  Canal  Street),  the  following  prominent  Bnildings  and  Landmarks 
can  be  seen  by  the  Tourist ; 

Trinity  Church  Sp.re,  about  half-a-milo  from  the  Buttery  the  mo  t  graceful 
Church  spire  in  the  City. 

Wcsteni  Union  Telegraph  Co.,  the  next  spire  to  the  north. 

St.  Pmd's  Church,  north  of  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Co.,  two  blocks. 

Post-Office,  a  large  building  with  heavy  dome  and  flag-staff. 

Tribune  Building,  high  pointed  tower  just  north  of  the  Post-Omce. 

Brooklyn  Bridge.  The  Piers  of  the  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Bridge,  joined 
by  large  Cables,  will  be  seen  just  north  of  the  Tribune  Building. 

Old  Laight  Street  Church,  a  graceful,  poin'ed  spire,  east  of  Pier  39. 

Stevetia'  Castle  will  be  seen  on  the  west  bank  of  the  llivor,  and  above  this  the 
Elysian  Fields. 

Twenty-fouHh  Street  Pier,  up-town  landing  of  the  New  York  &  Albany  Day 

Line. 

Monastery  of  the  Passioniat  Fathers,  large  building  of  the  St.  Paul  (London), 
style  of  architecture,  on  the  west  shore  above  Iloboken. 

Manhattan  Market,  close  to  the  Pvivor  bank  on  the  New  York  side,  at  the  foot 
of  34th  Street,  with  tower  and  clock. 

St.  Patrick's  Cathedral.     After  passing  Manhattan  Market,  the  traveler  will 

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Fiftieth  Street. 

Olil  Striker  Mansion,  one  of  the  old  landmnrkn,  cIobo  to  the  River,  iit  the  foot 
of  Fifty-second  nud  Fifty-third  StreotH,  ii  white  house  half  hidden  in  the  trees; 
the  first  woods  or  trees  on  the  Eivnr  north  of  the  Batterv. 

Wcvhawken,  almost  opposite,  where  the  duel  took  plixco  hotweeu  Hamilton 
iind  Burr,  in  180t. 

ItostvfU  IlospHdl,  FUiy-ainiii  Rtroot,  »  (pwrlcr  of  n  mile  from  the  River,  with 
n  liigh,  pointed  spire. 

OldJacoh  Barker  riac.e,  ono  ot  the  well-known  names  of  1812,  is  located  at 
the  foot  of  Sov  ntieth  Street,  above  the  larga  Ora'u  F.lovator  of  the  New  York 
Central  nud  Hudson  Jiivir  Railroads, 

JVcio  York  Orphtin  Asylum,  at  Seventy-fourth  Street.  Threo-story  building;, 
of  light-colored  brick. 

Cruttcnlcnj  Brewery,  largo  flve-Ht(.jy  white  building,  on  the  west  bank,  oppo- 
site the  Asylum. 

Firtuindo  Woods'  lieatdence,  north-east  of  the  Now  York  Orphan  Asylum,  just 
visible  through  the  trees. 

Shadyside  Village,  on  the  west  sido. 

House  of  Mercy,  ou  the  bluff  at  E.^/uty-sixth  Street,  red  brick  building  with 
pointed  windows  iu  the  roof.     A  Hue  drawn  east  from  this  point  will  pass 
through  the  centre  of  Central  Park. 
'    The  Old  Waldo  Place,  in  the  trees  near  Ninetieth  Street. 

Striker's  Bay,  ou  thoNew  York  side,  north  of  Ninety-sixth  Street. 

Bloomingdale  Jnsane  Asylum.  Largo  building  frontiug  the  Boulevard  utltTth 
Street. 

Manhallanville,  a  city  suburb  in  th-)  neighborhood  of  130th  Street. 

Lord  Courienty  Mansion,  an  old  building  on  Manhattanville  bluff  (south  side) 
known  for  many  years  ns  Jones'  Shooting  Gallery.  The  Shooting  QoUery  is  re- 
moved nnd  the  property  la  now  n  part  of  the  Riverside  Park. 

Manhattan  College.     Large  brick  building  at  Manhattanville. 

Convent  of  Sacred  Heart.    Large  building  east  of  Manhattan  College. 

Os.  Ollendorfer'a  Place,  between  135th  and  137th  sts. 

Mr.  Oltendorfer's  Pavilio'i,  ou  the  bluff,  jnat  built,  iu  the  moorish  style  of  archi- 
tecture, one  of  the  notable  landmarks  on  the  eastern  bank. 

Colored  Orphan,  Asylum,  dark  colored  brick  building  in  the  trees,  one-half  mile 
from  the  River.    The  homes  of  Hamilton  and  Burr  were  in  this  vicinity 

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152d  Street,  where  you  see  a  red  building  (sugar  refine ry). 

Biver  House     Hotel  near  the  River,  ou  the  New  York  side,  once  calledthe 
Claremont  Hotel. 

Tillie  Teudelen,  on  the  west  side,  orposite  Carmansville.    Hotel,  dock,  &c. 
Union  Home  and  School,  (for  orphans  of  Soldiers  and  Sailors),  red  brick  build- 
ing with  cupola,  modern  style  of  arcbit-cture,  at  150th  Street. 

T)-inily  Cemetery  will  be  seen  sloping  back  from  152d  Street  Station.  Here  are 

buried  John  Jacob  Astor,  Robert  Livingston,  Robert  Fulton,  and  many  well 

knovvL.  in  our  early  and  later  history . 

Auduhon  Park,  north  of  Trinity  Cemetery,  named  aiter  the  great  naturalist. 

New  York  InsiUutefor  Deaf  and  Dumb,  a  lax-ge  building  of  yellow  Milwaukie 

brick— v/ill  accommodate  450  persons.    Incorporat-^d  1817. 

Fori  Lee,  about  a  mile  above  Tillie  Teudelem.    The  site  of  the  old  fort  is 
marked  by  a  white  fence  on  the  bluff. 
Fort  Lee  Landivn.    Large  and  new  Pic-nic  Houses,  near  the  River. 
Washington  Hc'inhts,  on  New  York  side,  between  ISlst  and  185lh  Streets. 
Almost  oppof     '"^ortLee. 

Chevaux-de-x<>ize,  at  Fort  Washington,  1776. 

West  End  Hotel,  a  fine  building  near  Fort  Washington  Station,  a  short  dis- 
tance from  the  River. 

James  Gordon  Bennett's  Residence  will  be  distinguished  among  the  irees,  by 
its  gilded  dome.    Site  of  Ft.  Washington  near  the  residence. 

Stewart  Castle,  now  the  property  of  Mrs.  A,  T.  Stewart,  a  large  stone  stmo- 
ture,  (not  seen  coming  up  the  River  antil  the  steamboat  is  almost  oppo- 
site). 

aaitendM  Floce.    Building  wit  J  tower,  north  of  Stewart  Castle. 
Innwood.    A  little  station  on  the  Hudson  River  Railroad,  above  the  heights. 
This  place  was  known  aa  Tubbie  Hook. 

Palisade  Mouniain  Ho  'se,  large  building  on  the  Palisades.  The  Palisades 
extend  for  fifteen  miles,  i  om  Fort  Lee  almost  to  Piermont,  a  sheer  wall  of  trap 
rock  from  300  to  500  feet  "ligh. 

Spuyten  Dmjvd  Creek,  oi  Harlem  River,  meets  the  Hudson  at  this  point,  form- 
ing the  northern  boundary  of  New  York  Island.  Origin  of  name  explained  in 
Irving's  Knickerbocker. 

Seaman  Marble  Palace  will  be  seen  to  the  southeast  while  passing  Spuylen 

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^Zteph  8.   Winston's  Resvdmce,  just  north  of  lane  running  east  and  west. 
This  lane  is  the  boundary  line  between  New  York  and  Yonkers. 

Yonkers,  a  flourishing  city  -f  residences,  17  miles  from  New  York. 

Occide^dal  Grove,  and  Excelsior  tfrooe-pic-nio  grounds,  opposite  Yonkers,  on 

the  Jersey  bank.  .    .,.     .  _..     i_i__ 

Alpine  Grove  PavUlon,  just  north  of  Excelsior  ^rove.  bmlt  at  Stapleton. 

Staten  Island,  by  the  late  Commodore  Garner,  and  presented  by  him  to  the  New 

York  Yacht  Club.    It  was  floated  up  from  Stapleton  m  May,  1878. 

fflen«,ood,  just  north  of  Yonkers,  and  a  part  of  the  city.    The  fine  residences 

north  near  the  Kiver.  are  J.  B.  Colgate's  and  J.  B.  Trevor  s. 
G.  JL  LUienihaPs  Residence,  large  building  with  square  tower,  half-mile  from 

*''ji'r!  Waring  s  Stone  Man.^ion,  owned  by  J.  J.  MoComb,  the  next  residence 
with  tower  north  of  Lilionthal's.  ^ 

J.  K.  Miier's  large  residence,  next  with  tower  north  of  Wanng  s. 

Sprlnn  Hill  Groye,  and  Dudley' j  Grove.  Picnic  resorts,  south  of  Hastings. 
Indian  Head,  opposite,  is  the  highest  point  of  the  Paluades.         

Hastirxgs.on4U.nudson.    Buius  and  chimneys  of  .ugar  factory  near  the 

^Dr'nuyler's  Qock  Tower  and  WindmiU,  a  short  distance  aboTe  the  ruins. 

David  Dudley  Fidd^s  Besidenc*,  a  stone  house  above  Hayler's, 

DM's  Fhry,  a  fine  vUlage  named  after  an  old  Swedish  ferryman. 

Piernwnt,  with  its  long  pier,  on  the  west  side,  almost  °PPO«»*«;.  JJ"  J" 
once  the  terminus  of  the  Erie  Kailroad.  and  marks  the  boundary-lme  between 
New  York  and  New  Jersey. 

Cottlna  Place,  known  as  "  NuOs,"  on  east  bank,  built  of  stone  ^'''"g^  J'T 
France.  Easily  distinguished  by  light  shade  through  the  trees.  Cyrus  W. 
Field's  residence,  not  seen  from  the  Bi\or.  ,  „      .  *  ti,o 

George  L.  Sr.huyler's  Reside,ice,  just  above.  A  fine  old  Mansion,  one  of  the 
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Mr.  Schuyler's. 
Joseph  Stiner's  Eesidence  is  easily  distinguished  by  its  largo  dome. 
David  Dow's  Residence,  an  elegant  mansion  of  stone,  with  the  finest  lawn  on 
the  River. 

Irvinglon,  the  next  station  above  Dobb's  Terry,  noted  for  its  beautiful  resi- 
dences. 

CmningJiam  Castle.    High  pointed  tower  on  hill  northeast  of  Irvington. 
Sitnnyside.    Washington  living's  beautiful  home  on  the  Hudson,  just  visible 
through  the  trees  close  to  the  Biver,  about  a  half-mile  north  of  Irvingtou  Sta- 
tion. 

James  II.  Banker's  Place,  northeast  of  Sunnyside. 

Jay   Gmild's  Hesidence,  known  as   "Lyndehurst '-the  most  prominent 
landmark  of  the  Hudson.     Hot-house  with  cupola  to  the  noith. 
Joh7i,  T.  Terry's  Fine  Residence,  north  of  Jay  Gould's. 
Biersladi's  Residence,  north  of  Cunningham  Castle.     The  residence  east  of  it 
is  Halsted's ,  of  the  firm  of  Halsted,  Haines  &  Co. 

Nyack.  Opposite  Tarrytown.  (In  the  channel  the  ferryboat  connects  vrith 
the  Day  Line. )  The  large  building  a  litUe  south  of  the  village  is  the  Eockland 
Female  Seminary. 

Prospect  House,  formerly  Palmer  House,  large  hotel  on  the  hill  back  from 
NyacJc,  a  magnifloent  site. 

J.  R.  Bradley's  Cottage.     "A  Bonnie  Brown  Cottage  that  stands  on  tbe  Hill 
just  north  of  Prospect  House.  ^ 

Com.  TTOiam  Voorhis.  Large  white  residence  just  north  of  Mr.  Bradley  s. 
Rainapo  McmtUains.  Above  Nyack,  on  the  west  side  •  known  by  naviga.^ors 
08  ihe  Hook,  or  Point-no-Point.  They  lie  in  little  headlands,  500  or  600  feet 
high,  and  reach  most  of  the  way  from  Nyack  to  Haverstraw.  (The  point  is,  m 
fact,  an  Ulusion;  was  once  called  Verdrietege's  Hook;  now  sometimes  styled 
Kockland  Lake  Point.) 

Tarrytoion,  one  of  the  historic  and  poetic  towns  of  the  Biver,   on  east 

shore.  .       ,  ^         i. 

Sleepy  Hollow,  just  north  of  Tarrytown .    The  burial  yard  monuments  can  be 

seen  through  the  trees.  ,.  -n  .  *  *  n 

The  Old  Dutch  Church  can  be  seen  as  we  approach  Kingsland  s  Pomt,  follow- 
ing with  the  eye  close  to  the  Eiver  to  the  southerly  point  of  Sleepy  HoUow 
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Kingaland's  Point.  Besidences  of  A.  0.  Kingsland  and  gona,  beautifnl 
wooded  point,  known  as  Pocantico. 

Fremont  Place,  now  the  property  of  Geo.  L.  Kingsland,  ianot  seen  from  the 
Biver. 

Mrs.  WUr.am  If.  A.ipinwaU's  Residence,  an  elegant  brown  mansion  with  tower 
and  flag-staff,  one  of  the  prominent  landmarks  of  the  Hudson. 

Johnny  Bean's  and  "his  own  Mary  Ann."  Nenr  tho  Eiver,  below  Mrs.  Aspin> 
wall's,  and  a  little  to  the  north,  is  tho  place  where  Juhuuy  Dean  met  "his  own 
Mary  Ann." 

Treason  Hill.  North  of  Ha/erstraw,  where  Arnold  ar.d  Andro  met,  at  tho 
house  of  Joshua  Hctt  Smith. 

Sintj  Sing.  On  east  side,  six  miles  above  Tarrytown.  Tlio  white  buildings 
near  tho  Iliver-bank,  south  of  the  yillago,  are  the  State  Prison. 

Rockland  Lake.  Almost  opposite  on  the  west  bank,  between  two  hills.  This 
is  the  source  of  the  HackenBack  Kiver,  and  the  great  ice-quarry  for  Now  York. 

Crolon  River,  on  the  east  bank,  meets  the  Hudson  about  one  mile  above  Sing 
Sing,  where  you  see  the  drawbridge  of  the  Hudson  Kiver  Bailroad. 

Oroton  Point,    Jnst  above  Croton  River, 

Teller's  Point.  That  part  of  Croton  Point  which  juts  into  the  Hudson.  Here 
is  Underbill's  grapery,  and  this  point  separates  Tappan  Zee  from  Haverstraw 
Bay. 

Haverstraw  Bay.  Passing  Teller's  Point  we  pass  into  Haverstraw  Bay,  Here 
the  Biver  is  almost  five  miles  wide ;  the  mountain  on  tho  west  tide  is  High 
Tom. 

Haverstrate,  on  west  side,  with  two  miles  of  brick-yards,  reaching  almost  to 
Grassy  Point. 

Stony  Point,  a  mile  above  Grassy  Point,  on  west  side.  Tho  Light-house  is 
built  on  the  site  of  the  old  Fort,  and  in  part ,  of  the  same  material. 

Verplank^s  Point  on  east  shore,  full  of  brick-yards.  It  was  here  Baron  Steu- 
ben drilled  the  soldiers  of  1776. 

Tompkins  Cove.    Prominent  Besidences  indicated  on  the  Map. 

Seylmakera'  Reach,  one  of  the  old  reaches  of  the  Hudson.  A  person  looking 
north  from  this  point  sees  no  break  in  tho  mountains  to  mark  the  course  of  the 
Biver. 

PeeksMll,  on  the  east  bank, -pleasantly  located. 

Kidd's  Poittt.  Now  called  Caldwell's  Landing,  on  west  side.  The  steamer 
turns  this  point  almost  at  right  angles,  aud  enters  the  Highlands. 

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Dumlerherg,  or  Dunderbarrnck,  a  mountain  ou  west  bank,  about  1,000  fee 
high.     Jliiailo  Mountain  on  the  east. 

lona  Island.    Grapery,  and  fine  pic-nio  grounds. 

The  Race.  The  river  channel  is  so  termed  by  nr  gators,  between  lona  Island 
and  the  east  bauli. 

Anthony's  Nose.  Prominent  feature  of  the  RlTtr,  1,500  foet  high.  The  rail- 
road tunnel  is  near  tho  Kiver.  In  front  of  tunnel  a  hole  in  the  rock.  Here 
was  fastened  one  end  of  the  chain  that  was  thrown  across  the  channel  to  ob- 
struct British  ships  during  the  Revolution. 

Mo7it<jomery  Greek,  on  west  side,  empties  into  the  Hmlson  about  opposite  the 
point  of  Anthony's  Nose. 

Fort  Clinton  was  on  tho  south  side  of  this  Creek,  and  I'hH  Montijoineiy  ou  the 

north  side.  v    -j     *  vr     * 

Highland  Lake,  about  one  mile  in  circumference,  on  the  south  aide  of  Mont- 
gomery Creek.    The  site  is  marked  by  an  ice-house. 

Sugar-Loaf.  Turning  Anthony's  Nose  we  get  a  good  view  of  Sngar-Loaf 
Mountain  to  ihe  north.     Cone-shaped,  like  Ailsa  Crag,  between  Belfast  and 

Glasgow. 

Beverly  Dock,  on  east  bank,  where  Arnold  fled  to  the  ''Vulture."  A  Uttle  boat- 
house  now  marks  the  point. 

Hamilton  Fish  has  a  residence  ou  the  blufif  under  Sugar-Loaf.    A  brick  b  ouse, 

with  flat  roof. 

Residences,  John  Bigelow,  J.  Pierpont  Morgan ,  Alfred  PcU,  Col.Arden,  the 
Phillipse  Manor  House,  H.  W.  Belcher,  &c.,  can  be  seen  from  the  steamer. 

' '  Benny  Havens,  Oh!"  As  the  steamer  approaches  Cozzen's  Landing  we  see 
a  small  two-story  house,  with  verandah.  Here  sti'.l  lives  Benny  Havens,  the 
original  of  the  West  Point  and  College  songs. 

Parry  House,  now  used  as  an  academy,  near  the  Kiver.  Picturesque  ruins 
of  au  old  mill  in  front. 

Builermilk  FaUs.    A  cascade  above  the  ruin. 

Cozzen's  Hotel,  On  a  rock  two  hundred  feet  above  the  River.  Highland  Falls 
Village  lies  behind  tho  blufif.    (Not  seen  from  the  River. ) 

Cozzen's  landing.  A  romantic  road  cut  through  tho  rock  leads  from  the  land- 
ing to  tho  hotel. 

West  Point  Landing.  A  short  mile  above  Cozzen's  Landing.  Academy, 
Govcrnmeut  Buildings,  Parade  Grounds,  Ac,  on  the  finest  elevation  on  the 
Hudson.    The  building  with  dome  is  the  Library. 

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Gnrrhnn.    Oppomte  WcHt  Point,  on  east  bnnk. 

The  JliijIUanil  House.  On  east  side,  nbout  hnlf  a  mile  from  the  Riyer,  on  n 
nia^'uifli'ont  platcftu,  inclosed  by  Ibo  North  and  South  liodoubt  MouutaiuH,  In- 
dian F.dlu  in  the  vicinity. 

Kosviusco'a  itminmcnt.     8ocn  on  tho  west  side,  above  West  Point  Tjauding. 

F\)7i  rnlnam,  COO  fott  high,  ovorlookg  the  River,  on  the  woHt  side.  A  gray 
and  vetoran  rniu  of  '70. 

West  Point  Lighthunsi;  The  Hudnon  here  turns  n  right  anglo.  AVest  Point 
Hotel  has  a  Hue  look  off  to  the  north.     West  Point  Villnge  r.rouud  the  Point. 

Constihilion  Island,  opposite  the  Point.  Here  are  also  seen  luins  of  '7G,  Near 
the  River,  homo  of  Miss  Warner,  author  of  "Queechy"  and  "Tho  Wide,  Wide 
World,"  -  a  neat  white  cottage,  surrounded  by  trees ,  above  tho  boat-house.  A 
chain  was  also  thrown  across  from  this  Island  to  West  I'oint. 

The  Two  lirolheva.  Twin  rocks  above  Constitution  Island,  covered  in  high 
water. 

Old  Oro'-Xeat  Mountain,  On  west  side,  above  the  Point,  1,41H  feet  high. 
Scene  of  Rodman  Drakc'.i  "Culprit  Fay.'' 

Kldd's  Plug  Cliff.  The  precipice  fronting  the  River,  toward  the  northern 
peak  of  Cro'-Nest. 

Cold  Spring,    On  east  bank,  opposite  Old  Cro'-Nest. 

Vndcrcliff.  A  short  distance  north  of  Cold  Spring,  once  the  home  of  Geo.  P. 
Morris,  on  an  elevated  plateau  above  the  River. 

Mount  Taurus,  or  Bull  Hill,  above  Undercliff. 

Little  Stony  Point,  Under  Mount  Taunis.  Named  from  resemblance  to 
Stony  Point,  south  of  the  Highlands. 

Break  Neck.  Above  Mount  Taurus,  on  the  east  side.  Hero  was  once  the 
Turk's  Face,  now  blasted  away.  It  is  said  a  man  did  it  in  spite,  and  was  soon 
after  "blown  up"  himself. 

Storm  King,  On  west  bank,  above  Old  Cro'-Nest.  It  was  once  known  as 
Butter  Hill,  and  ^onrs  ago  as  Klinkersbcrg.  Its  present  name  was  given  by 
Willis.    This  is  the  highest  point  of  the  Highlauds— over  1,600  feet. 

Beacon  Hill  is  now  seen  on  the  east  bank,  after  passing  Break  Neck— about 
1,471  feet  high. 

Fi.i]ikill  Mountains  trend  off  to  the  northeast,  across  the  southern  part  of 
Duchess  County. 

Cornwall,  with  its  pleasant  Summer  Homes,  on  west  side  above  Storm  King. 

Philip  B,  Verplank's  Place,  just  above  Plum  Point,  or  the  Point  above  Corn- 

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cLuvoux  ddfrizo  which  extended  from  rullopelH  iMlaudaoroHB  toward  the  earth 
works.  It  w.i*  composed  of  iv  irib  of  timl)LT  from  wliiih  extended  three  Npaua 
armed  with  iron  poiutn.    The  (uilm  were  ttlled  with  Btnnes  and  suuW. 

Site  of  Was)iinijt(m'H  /fM(/-y»aW«T.i,  177i>  and  1780,  just  above  Miss  M.Mil- 
ler's resldonoe,  or  the  Boeouu  above  Philip  B.  Vorpliink  h. 

Post  mil.    The  bill  west  of  Miss  MillerV  hoe  been  known  for  many  years  as 

Tost  Hill.  ,  ..         . ,     , 

I'otlopel'ti  Island  at  upper  iwrtal  of  the  Highlands,  near  the  east  bank. 

tt'orrygut,  the  river  channel  between  Oro'-Nest  and  Ureak  Neck,  just  south  of 
PoUopel's  Ihltiud. 

Cornwall  and  West  Point  Road,  aptly  styled  the  Oornicho  Road  of  America, 
passes  over  th.i  mouutains  to  West  Point,  admirably  suited  (or  coaching,  horso- 
baok  riding,  or  pedestrian  tours. 

iMke.  System  (if  the  HUjhlnnds.  now  hardly  known  to  the  general  traveler,  is 
soon  to  bo  the  trip  of  the  Hudson  tourist,  or  the  seeker  after  health  and  pleas- 
ure.    Over  forty  lakes  are  clustered  within  rv  radius  of  ten  miles. 

Idlewihl,  made  famous  by  the  per  of  N.  P.  Willis,  will  be  seen  one  mile  above 
Cornwall  Landing,  partly  hidden  in  the  trees  and  bordered  on  the  north  by  a 

ravine. 

Veio  Windsor,  on  west  side,  about  4  miles  north  of  Cornwall,  once  the  rival 
of  Newburgh ;  now  a  brick-yard. 

Newhurijh  Bay.    The  Eiver  here  widens  into  one  of  the  finest  bays  on  the 

Hudson.  ...  ,      ^L       .1  iL 

Washington's  Head- Quarters.     As  the  boat  approaches  the  city,  we  see  the 

Head  Quarters  of  Washington;  a  flag-stafif  marks  the  point.  The  old  building 
is  also  seen  with  tall  chimneys  and  steep  roof  almost  sloping  to  the  founda- 
tions. 

Newburgh  Cdy.    Eising  in  natural  terraces. 

Fislikill  Landing.    On  east  (.ida  opposite  Newburgh. 

Low  Point,  oi  Carthage.    On  east  side  above  Fishkill. 

Devils  Dana  Kammer,  where  Hendriuk  Hudson  one  evening  witnessed  the 
first  Pow  Wow,  (now  covered  with  cedars).  The  fine  residences  of  Mr.  Eiver 
and  Mr.  Hall  are  on  the  east  bank,  above  Low  Point. 

New  Uambwrgh,  above  Low  Point,  on  the  east  side  at  the  mouth  of  Wap- 
pinger's  Creek. 

Hampton  Poird,  opposite  New  Hamburgh.     Here  are  the  finest  white  cedars 

on  the  Eiver. 

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This  HOTEL  is  located  on  North  Pearl  Street,  convenient  to 
Post  Office,  Capitol  and  Depots. 

0&'  With  Elevator,  and  all  modem  appliances  for  Elegance 
and  Comfort. 

M&'  Hot  and  Cold  "Water,  Steam  Heaters,  and  Telephone, 
connecting  vriih  office,  in  each  room. 

This  Hotel,  both  as  to  Building  and  Furnishing,  is  entirely 
aevi,  and  'will  be  conducted  as  a  first-class  house  in  every  respect. 

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Irving  Grinnell's  liesidmce,  " Neiherieood,"  just  distinguished  through  the 
trees  near  the  River  bank — one  of  the  finest  residences  and  grounds  on  the 
Hudson. 

"The  Cedars."  Residence  and  grounds  of  Dr.  James  Lennox  J3anks,  with 
high  tower,  seen  for  many  miles  north  and  south. 

The  Van  RessenlMT,  OT  Clinton  Plaae,  just  north.  The  house  was  burued 
several  years  ago,  and  never  re-built, 

Bamegai,  "the  finished  city." 

"Mkhorn,"  residence  of  Prof.  Richard  H.  Bull,  on  a  hill  east  of  Bamegat. 
Large  building  with  tower. 

Shawangunk  Mountains,  on  the  west  side,  reach  away  in  the  distance  toward 
the  Catskills. 

Milton.  The  raspberry  and  strawberry  town,  on  west  side  above  Marlbor- 
ough. 

Relic  of  76,  aa  old  jjable  house  south  of  Milton,  close  to  the  River  bank,  now 
owned  by  Mrs.  Benjamin  Townsend.  It  is  said  that  the  British,  on  their  way 
to  Kingston,  paid  it  the  respect  of  sending  a  cannon  shot  through  the  roof. 

Pine  BUI.  Residence  of  the  Misses  Johnson.  The  old  Pine  Tree,  now  partly 
broken,  a  landmark  for  many  years  well  known  by  the  River  pilots. 

Locust  (trove.  Home  of  the  late  S.  P.  B.  Morse,  with  square  central  tower, 
and  open  outlook  on  the  River. 

SovihiBOod,  second  residence  above  Locust  Grove,  home  of  William  M.  Good- 
rich. The  hill  to  the  northwest,  styled  Enmegobah,  an  Indian  word,  signify- 
ing ''fine  presence. " 

Poughkeepsie  Cemetery,  on  east  side;  old  Livingston  Place  directly  above  on  a 
wooded  point;  near  by  a  large  rolling  mill. 

Poughkeepsie,  74  miles  from  New  York.  Queen  City  of  the  Hudson.  Situated 
for  the  most  part  on  a  plateau  about  200  feet  above  the  River. 

liiverview  Military  Academy.    Large  brick  building  on  a  fine  eminence. 

Buckeye  Mower  Manufactory,  Adrianoe,  Piatt  &  Co.,  proprietors.  Fine  build- 
ing, near  the  River  bank. 

Kaal  Bock,  near  Poughkeepsie  Landing.    Its  name  pignifies  Barren  Rock. 

Vassar  Brewery.    "Louse  white  buildings  ab*ve  the  landing. 

New  Path  Landing,  opposite  Poughkeepsie.  The  west  banks  here  are  also 
fine  and  picturesque. 

Poughkeepsie  Bridge,  when  completed,  will  be  ou^of  the  most  prominent 
features  of  the  River. 

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A  large  asfsortment  of  Sterooscopic  and  Cabinet  Views 
of  HUDSON  RIVER,  NEW  YORK,  CENTRAL  PARK, 
GREENWOOD,  NIAGARA,  CONEY  ISLAND,  etc.,  etc. 


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Rosehia,  Residence  ofS.  M.  Buckingham,  with  tower,  just  visible  through  the 
trees.    This  was  the  old  Vassar  Homestead. 

The  Lawn,  also  the  property  of  S.  M.  Buckingham,  adjoining  Bosehill  on  the 
south. 

Dr.  Edward  L.  Beadle's  Residence  with  a  fine  outlook  on  the  Hudson. 

John  T.  Hume's  Residence,  north  of  Dr.  Beadle's,  (tower  and  four  windows 
in  French  roof.)    The  one  nearer  the  Biver,  with  tower,  is  the  property  of 

Henry  Myers. 

College  Ml  Residei.ce,  in  Parthenon  style  of  crchiteoture.  formerly  a  school. 

John  F.  Wmslow's  Residence,  one  of  tha  finest  on  the  Kiver.  Seen  through 
the  trees  on  the  east  side.    Fine  grounds  and  hnt-house. 

Thomas  Nemhold's  Place,  a  prominent  house  near  the  River,  above  Mr.  Wins- 
low's. 

Poughkeepsie  Water  W<yrks.  The  water  is  forced  from  the  Eeservoirs  near 
the  Kiver  to  a  large  Reservoir  on  Academy  Hill,  or  as  it  is  sometimes  called. 

College  HUl. 

Hudson  Bluer  State  Hospital.  Large  building  of  red  brick,  on  the  Hyde  Park 
Road,  north  of  Mr.  Winslow's.  The  Hyde  Park  Road,  a  section  of  the  old 
post-road  between  New  York  and  Hyde  Park,  is  noted  as  the  finest  drive  on  the 
continent. 

WUliam  C,  Smillie's  Besidence.  A  cozy  cottage  with  a  square  tower,  seen 
through  a  glade  or  opening  of  the  forest  trees  on  the  east  bank. 

J.  Rosevelt's  Residence,  B.ho\e  Mr.  Wm.  C.  Smillie's  Place. 

R  Butler's  Place,  above  Mr.  Rosevelt ;  also  an  important  country  seat. 

.John  B.  Garland's  Residence,  a  short  distance  south  of  Hyde  Park,  on  a  com- 
manding site.     The  course  of  the  River  seen  from  verandah  many  miles  to  the 

south. 

George  T.  Hoffman's  Residence,  north  of  the  estate  of  the  ?ate  Daniel  S.  Miller. 

The  Pines.    The  property  of  J.  A.  Stoutenburgh,  not  seen  from  the  River. 

Hyde  Park,  on  east  side,  six  miles  north  of  Poughkeepsie.  Connected  with 
Poughkeepsie  by  a  succession cf  villas;  the  finest  driva  in  the  country. 

Walter  Langdon's  Residence,  Mrs.  Kirkpatrick's  and  N.  P.  Rogers,  are  north 
of  Hyde  Park,  on  the  east  side.  Mr.  Langdon's  place  is  known  as  "Hyde 
Park."    Mrs.  Kirkpatrick's  as  "Drayton  House."  Mr.  Rogers'  as  "Placentia." 

Manresa  Institute,  large  building  above  Crum  Elbow  on  west  side. 

Dyke  Mate,  above  Manresa  Institute,  square  house  with  square  tower,  yel- 
lowish shade. 

4.  R,  Frothingham.     Grecian  Portico  with  columns. 

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SA.RA.'TOO^    8PRI1VG8,   IST.  Y. 

Popular  Summer  Resort.    Also,  Open  all  the  Year. 

TEBflS   BEDUCES. 

It  is  beantifiillT  located  In  close  proximity  to  tlio  piincipU  Springs,  Hotels,  and  Park, 
with  ample  groands,  elegant  and  complete  in  all  appointments.  It  is  the  resort  of  leading 
men  in  Chnroh  and  State,  for  roet  an(f  recreation,  as  well  as  treatment.  Among  ita  patrons 
are  Dr.  T.  L.  Cuyler;  Ex-Qov's  Wells  and  Boardman;  Blsliops  Simpson,  Robinson, 
Harris,  Haven,  Foss.  Foster,  &c. ;  College  Presideuts  Clmdlmrne,  Tuttle,  Payne,  Paris,  ha.x 
Medical  Professors  Armor,  Boss  and  Knapp,  and  others  eiiunlly  well  known.  Tlie  parlor  is 
furnished  with  an  organ  and  Steinwfly  Parloi-Grnnd  Tinno  for  tlio  benefit  of  gncsf  s.  The 
house  is  free  from  the  objeotionablu  fenturo  of  invalidism,  and  abounds  in  means  of  amuse- 
ment.   Tlie  I "  .ardlng  department  is  of  tlie  highest  order. 

Patients  flora  tlie  South  and  warmer  climates,  who  have  spent  the  winter  here,  give 
decided  preference  to  this  climate.  There  is  scarcely  any  disease  but  may  bo  benefitted, 
more  or  loss,  by  some  one  of  the  Cathartic,  Diuretic,  Alterative,  Alkaline,  or  Tonic  Spring 
Waters,  which  are  equally  efficient  in  winter  as  iu  summer. 

The  proprietors  are  graduntcs  of  tlio  Medical  Department  of  N.  T.  TTniverslty.  The 
Institute  is  furnished  with  every  comfmt  and  npplianc3  for  the  treatment  of  Nervous,  Lnng, 
Female  and  Chronic  Diseases.  Among  the  agents  employed  are  TUKKISH,  RUSSIAN, 
BOMAN,  SULPHUR  AND  ELECTROTHERMAL  BATHS,  OXYGEN  AND  MEDI- 
CATED INHALATIONS,  COMPRESSED  AND  RARIFIED  AIR.  GALVANIC  AND 
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John  Burroughs  brown  stone  Cottage. 

Alexander  Holland's  Residence,  formerly  residence  of  John  Jacob  Astor,  En- 
glish style  of  architecture.  The  name  of  the  place  "  Waldorf,''  will  be  seen  iu 
large  letters  on  the  lawn, 

Pdham,  R,  L.  Fell's  Residence.  Iloman  villa  style  with  white  columns,  will 
be  seen  Kouth  oT  Pell's  dock. 

Staatsburgh,  above  Hyde  Park  on  east  side. 

Overlook  Mouniain  House  can  be  seen  from  this  point  to  the  northwest,  on  the 
highest  southern  peak  of  the  Oatskills,  fifteen  to  twenty  miles  distant 

Oatskill  M<mniain  House  can  also  be  seen  from  this  point,  perhops  30  miles 
distant,  fifteen  miles  north  of  the  Overlook. 

WiUiam  B.  Dinsmore's  Residetice,  the  most  prominent  of  the  upper  Hudson, 
at  Dinsmore's  Point  above  Staatsburgh.  The  first  house  south  of  Mi.  Dins- 
more's  on  the  cMt  bank  is  Matthew  Livingston's;  the  second  Mrs.  Hoyt's,  house 
with  French  roof;  the  next,  one-eighth  of  a  mile  south,  the  house  of  J.  Law- 
rence Lee. 

Winddife,  Residence  of  Edward  Renshaw  Jones,  across  the  cove  from  Dins- 
more's,  a  large  stone  villa  with  central  tower. 

Eltersie,  Estate  of  mtUam  /<  My,  above  EUersie  Dock. 

Rhinecliff,  or  Rhinebeck  Landing,  on  the  east  sid^. 

The  Village  of  Rhinebeck,  two  miles  east  of  Landing. 

Fairview,  Residence  of  Capt.  A.  L.  Anderson,  (Steamer  Mary  Powell),  is  seen 
from  the  Rhinebeck  Dock,  (Khinecliflf),  looking  south,  about  IJ  miles  south  of 
Port  Ewen. 

Oily  of  Kingston,  emb  .aces  Kingston  andRondout,  (terminus  ef  the  Delaware 
and  Hudson  Canal). 

Old  Beekman  Place.  As  the  steamer  leaves  Rhinebeck  Landing,  the  old  Beek- 
man  Place  can  be  seen  in  the  trees,  a  short  distance  above  the  Landiag,  one  of 
the  old  Revolutionary  houses. 

Femdiff,  Residence  of  William  Astor.    Fine  brown  villa  with  pointed  towe» 

Oarreison  Place,  north  of  Femcliflf,  on  east  bank.  This  place  long  known  as 
Clifton  Point,  is  now  the  properly  of  Louis  Ehler's. 

' '  Leacote,"  Douglas  Merritt's  Residence,  north  of  Clifton  Point. 

Ruins  Brought  from  South  America  seen  on  the  south  point  of  Cruger's  Island. 

The  First  Steamboat,  The  "  Claremont,"  was  built  by  Robert  Fulton  in  the 
Cove,  known  as  North  Bay,  just  north  of  Cruger's  Island. 

••Anandale,"  name  of  John  Bard's  Place,  and  east  of  this  is  St.  Stephen's 
College,  a  training  school  for  the  minietery. 

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J.  LOEFFLER'S 

IN  THE  CATSKILL  MOUNTAINS. 


Every  place  of  interest  in  these  romantic  regions  is 
faithfully  represented.  The  lowering  mountains,  the 
shady  glens,  the  mnjestio  waterfalls,  which  form  the 
characteristic  features  of  this  beautiful  mountain  range 
are  so  truly  portrayed,  that  one  only  needs  to  glance 
through  the  stereoscope  to  feel  himself  once  more  trans- 
ported to  those  scenes  which  in  nature  have  afforded 
him  such  delight. 

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Flatbush,  known  among  the  boatmen  as  Whiskey  Point,  on  the  west  bank. 

F.  II.  Delano's  Residence.    Brown  house  with  square  tower. 

Rokeby,  Besidence  of  Me  Vfilliam  B.  Astor,  above  Astor's  Point. 

Barrytown,  on  east  side. 

AspinwM  :^Mce,  v  ixth.  of  Barrytown,  formerly  John  H.  Livingston's  place. 

Mont)jomci-y  Place.    Brown  house  among  the  trees. 

Crwjcr's  Hesidence,  on  Crnger's  Island, —once  called  Lower  Red  Hook  Island 
(Red  Hook,  named  after  a  Mr.  Read,  who  lived  directly  east  of  the  north  end 
of  the  Island,  place  now  ov\'nod  by  Johnston  Livingston). 

TivoU,  on  east  side,  100  miles  from  New  York. 

Olasgo.     A  little  south  of  Tivoli,  on  west  side. 

Chateau  of  rwoli,  Residence  of  Col.  Johnson  L.  de  VeysUr.  French  roof  houKe 
on  Terrace,  south  of  TivoU  Station. 

Rote  HiU,  Residence  qf  Gen.  J.  Watts  de  Peyster,  well  known  uudernom  de 
plume  of  "  Anchor."  Residence  is  seen  among  the  trees  north  of  Tivoli  Sta- 
tion. This  house  is  built  on  what  is  known  as  the  Lower  Livingston  manor, 
but  in  reality  was  the  Hoffman  Patent. 

SougeWiea,  on  west  side.  A  long  dock,  3,600  feet  long,  shows  the  enterprise 
of  this  lively  village. 

Idele,  property  of  Miss  Clarksou,  better  known  as  the  old  Chancellor  Place. 
The  steamer  now  keeps  to  the  west  of  the  Flats :  th«  jbannel  on  the  oast  is 
known  as  the  Livingston  Channel. 

Maiden.     Above  Saugerties.  on  west  side.     Dock  covered  with  blue  stone. 

Germont.     Above  Tivoli,  on  east  side.     The  original  Livingston  manor. 

West  Gamp.    On  west  side,  above  Maiden. 

Jbur  County  Islatid.  Near  west  bank ;  the  "meeting  point"  of  Duchess,  Co- 
lumbia, Greene,  and  Ulster. 

Oermuntoicn.     On  east  side.     105  miles  from  New  York. 

Man  in  the  Mountain.  From  this  point  we  get  a  fine  view  of  the  reclining 
giant.  You  can  trace  it  by  the  following  outline:— the  peak  to  thesoathis 
the  knee;  the  next  to  the  north  thebreast;  and  two  or  three  above  this,  the  cWn, 
the  nose,  and  the  forehead, 

Roelife  Jatisen's  Kill,  empties  into  the  Hudson  above  what  is  known  by  the 
pilots  as  Nine  Mile  Tree. 

Henmn  Livingston's  Residence,  on  point  above,  looking  down  the  River. 

C.  C.  AheeVs  Residence.  Square  brick  'jouse,  with  tower,  on  a  commanding 
site  south  of  Catskill  Creek. 

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OatakUl.     On  west  side,  just  above  Oatskill  Creek, 

Posped  Park  Hotel.     One  of  the  finest  landmarks  of  the  Hudson,  north  of 
Oatskill  Landing.    The  residence  of  John  Breasted,  proprietor,  is  to  the  north. 

Olh  T  Bourke's  Hesirtence,  is  seen  west  of  the  Prospect  Park  Hotel,  and  near 
by  the  pleasant  cottage  of  Walton  Van  Loan,  Publisher  of  the  Oatskill  Guide. 

Cole's  Grove,  north  of  Oatskill,  a  little  back  from  the  River,  was  the  residence 
of  Thomas  Cole,  Artist. 

Frederick  K  Church's  Residence,  ojithe  east  bank,  opposite  Calskill. 

Ji.  Iloicland's  licsidence,  about  three-fourths  of  a  mile  north  of  Oatskill,  on 
the  ".rest  side. 

Col.  0.  n.  AsMey's  Residence,  on  the  northern  slope  of  Mount  Merino,  on  east 
bank. 

W.  O.  Mm  rison's  Residence,  on  west  bank,  white  house  on  the  hill. 

Oaniley's  Residence,  a  square  brick  house,  one  mile  north,  on  west  side,  south 
of  Athens. 

IltuJson,  East  Side,  rromcnade  IM,  just  above  the  Landing. 

A.  Frank  B.  Chare's  Residence,  with  pointed  turret,  near  Church  spire  ;  one 
of  the  finest  iu  Hudson  in  point  of  architecture. 

Athens.  Opposite.  Hudson  Kiver  Depot  for  freight,  large  building  near  the 
River. 

Residences  of  .<?.  T)h  Bois  and  J.  Du  Boia  will  \e  seen  above  Hudson,  on  the 
oast  bank. 

John  Clotujh's  large  white  house,  above  Athens,  on  the  west  side. 

James  Sanders—  square  house  with  Mansard  roof. 

Stockport.  On  east  side,  four  miles  north  of  Hudson,  near  the  mouth  of  Co- 
lumbiaville  Creek.  This  creek  is  formed  by  the  union  of  the  Kinderhook  and 
Olaverack  Creeks. 

Fbur-mile- Point.  On  west  side,  about  125  feet  high;  four  miles  from  Hudson 
and  four  from  Coxsackie.  Narrow  channel  for  2  miles  close  to  the  west  shore. 
Average  about  350  feet  wide.  At  upper  end  of  narrow  channel  Grape  viije 
dock  and  a  Grapery  of  100  acres. 

Coxsackie.     On  west  side,  8  miles  from  Hudson, 

Newton  Hook;  opposite  Coxsackie;  the  wooded  point  is  called  Prospect 
Grove. 

Stuyvesant.     On  the  east  side.     Once  called  Kinderhook  Lauding. 

Schodack  Island.  On  east  side,  about  two  miles  above  .Stuyvesant  The 
island  is  about  3  miles  long,  covered  moslly  with  broom  corn. 

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New  Baltimore.  About  opposite  the  centre  of  Sohodnok  iHland;  fifteen  mileg 
from  Hudflon  and  fifteen  from  Albany.  The  government  dykes  begin  opposite 
Xew  Baltimore. 

Residence  of  James  M.  Smith,  Terraced  grounds.  Lown  extending  to  the 
lUver.    Ornomontive  boat  house  and  private  dock. 

Ban-en  Island.  Site  of  the  fomous  "Castle  of  Rensselaerstien, "  (vid.  Irv- 
ing'a  Knickerbocker).  Four  counties  also  meet  here,— Columbia,  Rensselaer, 
Greene,  and  Albany.    Island  ouc-half  milo  long,  one-half  mile  wide. 

Coeymans.  Right  above  Barren  Island;  connected  with  a  dyke.  Above 
Coeymans  is  what  is  known  as  the  Coeyman's  Cross  Over. 

Shod  Ulamh  The  first  island  to  the  westward  above  Coeymans ;  ',\  miles  long; 
old  Indian  fishing  ground. 

Nine-mile- Tree.  On  cast  bank.  Castleion.  One  mile  above  Tree,  on  east 
side.     Campbell's  Island.     Oil  lower  end  a  Light  House. 

Cedar  Hill  Dork.     Opposite  this  Light  House. 

Staats  Ishiiul.  Above  Campbell's  Island.  This  was  settled  by  (he  Stoats 
family  before  the  arrival  of  the  Van  Rensselaers',  and  never  belonged  to  the 
Patroon.  The  house  is  about  200  years  old;  at  least  a  part  of  it,  and  mostly 
built  of  stone. 

The  Overslaugh  redches  from  Van  Wies'  Point;  (the  first  point  above  Cedar 
Hill),  about  two  miles  up  the  River. 

Albany  is  now  near  at  hand,  and  we  see  to  the  south  the  Convent  of  the 
Sacred  Heart ;  to  the  north  the  Cathedral,  the  Capitol,  the  State  HoQ.<<e,  the 
City  Hall,  &c. 

01•eenb^t8h  opposite.  Connected  with  Albany  by  ferries  and  two  fine,  substan- 
tial bridges. 

Troy,  on  east  bank,  six  miles  from  Albany.     West  Troy,  opposite. 

The  Trojan  Ilors'-.  Between  Albany  o.nd  Troy  the  traveler  will  see  a  very 
fine  representation  of  a  horse  formed  by  trees,  about  two  miles  southeast  of 
Troy. 

Captain  David  Hitchcock's  Line  of  Steamers  present  the  pleasantest  way  of 
going  between  these  cities,  andm  ake  a  pleasant  short  excursion  lor  the  vis- 
itor. 

Thus,  in  brief,  we  have  traced  the  River,  as  it  were,  step  by  step,  from  Now 
York  to  the  head  of  tide-water ;  and  we  have  end  vvored  to  make  these  pages  a 
practical  Guide-Board  to  the  various  points  of  historic  and  legendary  interest 
which  literally  fill  our  River  Valley. 

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THE    HUDSOI^. 


The  IlmlBon  has  been  called  the  Shate-mnok,  the  Mobegan,  the  Man- 
hattan, the  Noordt  Montaigne,  the  Mauritius,  the  North  River,  and  the 
River  of  the  Mountains.  It  woi  called  the  Hudson  River,  not  by  the 
Dutch  as  generally  stoted,  but  by  tlio  English,  as  Henry  Hudson  was  an 
Englishman,  although  he  sailed  from  a  Dutch  port,  with  a  Dutch  crew, 
and  a  Dutch  vessel.    The  river  wos  culled  the  Mauritius  in  a  letter  to 


OlOWE  TAN  KORTIANDT'8  DBItAM. 

the  "High  and  mighty  Lords"  of  Holland,  written  November  6,  1626. 
It  was  called  the  North  River  to  distinguish  it  from  the  Delaware,  called 
the  South  River.  The  Spaniards  colled  it  the  River  of  the  Mountains. 
It  was  discovered  in  the  year  1609.  The  town  of  Communipaw  was 
founded  soon  after,  and  according  to  Knickerbocker,— whose  quiet  humor 
is  always  read  and  re-read  with  pleasure, — might  justly  be  considered 
the  mother  colony  of  our  glorious  city :   for  lo  t  the  sago  Oloffe  Van 

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Kortlandt  dreamed  a  dream,  and  the  good  Sk.  Nicholas  came  riding 
over  the  tops  of  the  trees,  and  descended  upon  the  island  of  Manhattan 
and  sat  himself  down  and  smoked,  "and  the  smoke  ascended  into  the 
sky,  and  formed  a  cloud  overhead ;  and  Oloffe  bothought  him,  and  he 
hastened  and  elimbdd  up  to  the  top  of  one  of  the  tallest  trees,  and  saw 
that  the  smoke  spread  over  a  great  extent  of  country;  and,  as  he  con- 
sidered it  more  attentively,  he  fancied  that  the  great  volume  assumed 
a  variety  of  marvelous  forms,  where,  in  dim  obscurity,  he  saw  shadowed 
out  palaces  and  domes  and  lofty  spires,  all  of  which  lasted  but  a  mo- 
ment, and  then  passed  away."  So  New  York,  like  Alba  Longa  and 
Eome,  and  other  cities  of  antiquity,  was  under  the  immediate  care  of 
its  tutelar  saint.  Its  destiny  was  foreshadowed,  for  now  the  palaces 
and  domes  and  lofty  spires  axe  real  and  genuine,  and  something  more 
than  dreams  are  made  of. 

New  Yobk,  by  virtue  of  its  admirable  position,  soon  became  the 
headquarters  of  the  fur  trade.  The  merchants  of  North  Holland  or- 
ganized a  company,  and  obtained  from  the  States  General,  in  1614,  a 
charter  to  trade  in  the  New  Netherlands ;  and,  soon  after,  a  colony 
built  a  few  houses  and  a  fort  near  the  Battery.  The  entire  island  was 
purchased  from  the  Indians,  1624,  for  the  sum  of  sixty  guilders,  or 
about  twenty-four  dollars.  A  fort  was  also  built  at  Albany  in  1G23,  and 
known  as  Fort  Aurania,  or  Foi-t  Orange.  New  York  was  called  for 
years  New  Amsterdam ;  but  in  the  year  1664,  when  these  forts  were 
surrendered  to  the  English,  the  two  settlement?  took  the  names  of  New 
York  and  Albany,  in  honor  of  the  Duke  of  York  and  Albany.  In  Jime, 
1636,  the  first  land  was  bought  on  Long  Island ;  and  in  1667  the  Ferry 
Town,  opposite  New  York,  was  known  by  the  name  Breuckelen,  sig- 
nifying broken  land,  but  the  name  was  not  generally  accepted  until 
after  the  Eevolu  tion.  Bergen  was  the  oldest  settlement  in  New  Jersey. 
It  was  founded  in  1616  by  the  Dutch  colonists  to  the  New  Netlierlands, 
and  received  its  name  from  Bergen,  in  Norway.  Paulus  Hook,  or 
Jersey  City,  in  1638  was  the  farm  of  William  Kieft,  Director-Genoral  of 
the  Dutcih  West  India  Company. 

So  muoU  for  the  early  history  of  New  York  and  the  surrounding 


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;er,  a  colony 
e  island  was 
guildeis,  or 
in  1G23,  and 
IS  called  for 
e  forts  were 
ames  of  New 
f.  In  June, 
67  the  Ferry 
uckelen,  sig- 
icepted  until 
New  Jersey. 
Netlierlands, 
lus  Hook,  or 
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surrounding 


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cities,  which  have  sprung  up  as  it  were  in  a  dajj  for,  as  late  as  1800  the 
city  of  Brooklyn  had  only  2,000  inhabitants,  and,  in  1820,  Jersey  City 
only  300. 

HEm>BiOH  Hudson  and  the  Hat.f  Moon. — The  first  voyagers  up  the 
Hudson  were,  as  before  stated,  Hendrich  Hudson  and  his  crew  of  the 
"  Half  Moon."  He  anchored  off  Sandy  Hook  September  3d,  1609,  and 
remained  off  the  Hook  a  little  more  than  a  week.  He  then  passed 
through  the  Narrows,  and  anchored  ir>  r/hat  is  now  called  Newark  Bay; 
on  the  12th  resumed  his  voyage,  and,  drifting  with  the  tide,  anchored 
over  night  on  the  13th  just  above  Yonkei-s  ;  on  the  14th  passed  Tappan 
and  Haverstraw  Bays,  ente;  sd  the  Highlands,  and  anchored  for  the 
night  near  "West  Point.  On  lihe  morning  of  the  15th  entored  Newburgh 
Bay,  and  reached  Catskill  on  the  IGth,  Athens  on  the  17th,  and  Castle- 
ton  and  Albany  on  the  18th,  and  then  sent  out  an  exploring  boat  as  far 
as  Waterford.  His  retuin  voyage  began  on  the  23d.  He  anchored 
again  in  Newburgh  Bay  the  25th,  and  reached  Stony  Point  October  Ist ; 
reached  Sandy  Hook  the  4th,  and  then  returned  to  Europe.  The 
"Half  Moon"  was  becalmed  off  Sandy  Hook,  and  the  people  of  the 
mountains  came  to  see  them.  We  might  also  add,  in  this  place,  that  it 
is  claimed  by  some  that  Hendrich  Hudson  was  the  first  to  call  the  river 
"  The  Eiver  of  the  Mountains,"  a  name  which  the  Spaniards  and  French 
afterward  adopted.  The  Iroquois  called  it  the  Co-hat-a-tea.  The 
Mohegans  and  Lenapes  called  it  the Mohega.i,  or Mah-i-can-i-tuk — "the 
continually  flowing  waters, "-  -probably  from  the  tide,  which  rises  and 
falls  from  New  York  to  Troy.  The  name  Mauritius  was  given  in  honor 
of  Prince  Maurice,  of  Nassau,  in  the  year  1611. 

The  Old  Reaches. — The  Hudson  was  divided  i  i  one  time  by  the  old 
navigators,  long  before  the  days  of  "propelling  steam,"  into  fourteen 
Beaches — one  of  which  names  is  still  used  in  the  poetic  name  of  Claver- 
aok,  ihe  Clover-Reach.  We  will  give  some  of  these  as  a  matter  of  his- 
toric interest; — 

The  Great  Ckip-Eock  Reach — the  Palisades — were  known  by  the 
old  Dutch  settlers  as  the  "Great  Chip,"  and  so  styled  in  the 
Bergen  Deed  of  Purchase,   viz.,  the  great  chip  above  Weehawken. 

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The  Tappan  Beach,  on  the  east  side  of  •which  dwelt  the  Manhattans, 
on  the  west  side  the  Saulrickans  and  the  Tappans.  The  third  reach 
extends  upward  to  a  narrow  point  called  Haverstroo ;  then  comes  the 
iSeylmakei''s  reach,  and  then  Crescent  reach ;  next  Hoge's  reach,  and  then 
Voraen  reach,  which  extends  to  Klinkersberg,  or  Storm  King,  the 
northern  portal  of  the  Highlands.  This  is  succeeded  by  Fisher's  rea-h, 
where,  on  the  east  side,  once  dwelt  a  race  of  savages  called  Pachami. 
"  This  reach,"  in  the  language  of  De  Laet,  "  extends  to  another  narrow 
pass,  where,  on  the  west,  is  a  point  of  laud  which  juts  out,  covered  with 
sand,  opposite  a  Lend  in  the  river,  on  which  another  nation  of  sr  ,  ^es 
— the  Waoranecks — have  their  abode  at  a  place  called  Eso  hil,  , 

another  reach,  called  Claveivtck;  then  Backerack;  next  the  Flaysier 
reach,  and  Vasie  reach,  as  far  as  Hinnenhock ;  then  the  Hunters'  reach, 
as  far  as  Kinderhook  ;  and  Fisher's  Hook,  near  Shad  Island,  over  which, 
on  the  east  side,  dwell  the  Mohegans."  These  old  reaches  and  names 
have  long  passed  away  from  the  use  or  memory  of  even  the  river  pilots, 
and  may,  perhaps,  possess  interest  only  to  the  antiquarian.  But 
there  are 

FIVE  DIVISIONS,  OB  REACHES,  OF  THE   HUDSON, 

which  we  imagine  \vill  have  interest  for  all,  as  they  present  in  brief  an 
analysis  easy  to  be  remembered — divisions  marked  by  something  more 
substantial  than  sentiment  or  fancy,  expressing  five  distinct  charac- 
teristics— 

OBANDETTB,  BE:I?0SE,  STTBUMITT,  THE  PICTUBBSQUE,  BEAtTTY. 

1.  The  Palisades,  an  unbroken  wall  of  rock  for  fifteen  miles— 
Gbandecb. 

2.  The  Tappan  Zee,  surrounded  by  the  sloping  hills  of  Nyack,  Tarry- 
town,  and  Sleepy  Hollow — Befose. 

3.  The  Hiohi<ands,  where  the  Hudson  for  twenty  miles  plays  "hide 
and  seek "  with  " hills  rock-ribbed  and  ancient  as  the  sun," — Sub- 

UHITT. 

4.  The  Hillsides  for  miles  above  and  below  Poughliaepsie— The 
Piotubesqite. 

5.  The  Gatseills,  on  the  west,  throned  in  queenly  dignity — Beautt. 


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bird  reaoli 
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THE  PALISADES— GRANDEUR. 

"And  u  70U  nearer  draw,  caob  wooded  height 
Puta  off  the  azure  hues  by  distance  given, 
And  slowly  break  upon  the  enamored  sight 
Bavine,  crag,  field,  and  wood,  in  colors  true  and  bright." 

We  kiiow  of  no  other  river  in  the  world  which  presents  so  great  a 
variety  01  views  as  the  Hudson.  Throughout  its  whole  extent,  from 
the  "Wilderness  to  the  Sea,"  from  the  Adirondacks  to  Staten  Island, 
there  is  a  combination  of  the  finest  pictures;  and  each  division  which 
we  have  indicated  seems  to  illustrate  some  of  the  best  scenery  of  the 
old  world.  With  only  a  slight  stretch  oi  fancy,  we  imagine  the  tourist 
may  find  Loch  Katrine  "  nestled  "  among  the  mountains  of  our  own 
Highlands;  will  see  in  the  Catsldlls  th  j  Sunset  Mountains  of  Arran;  and 
in  the  Palisadtis  the  Giant's  Causeway  of  Ii'eland. 

In  reference  to  this  idea  of  picture  combination,  we  can  appropri- 
ately cite  the  words  of  George  William  Curtis,  who  pronounces  the 
Hudson  grander  than  the  Rhine.  He  says,  "The  Danube  has  in  part 
glimpses  of  such  grandeur.  The  Elbe  has  sometimes  such  delicately 
P'^noilled  effects.  But  no  European  river  is  so  lordly  in  its  bearing, 
none  flows  in  such  state  to  the  sea."  Thackeray,  also,  iu  his  "Virgin- 
ians," has  given  to  the  Hudson  the  verdict  of  beauty;  and  we  imagine 
this  is  the  improjudiccd  opinion  of  tourists  and  travelers. 

The  Palisades,  or  Great  Chip  Rock,  as  they  were  known  by  the  old 
Dutch  settlers,  present  the  same  bold  front  to  the  river  that  the  Giants' 
Causeway  does  to  the  ocean.  We  should  judge  these  rocks  to  be  of 
about  the  same  height  and  the  same  extent.  The  7?alisades  are  from 
two  hundred  :ind  fifty  to  six  hundred  feet  high,  and  extend  about  fifteen 
miles,  from  Fort  Lee  to  the  hills  of  Rockland  County.  As  the  basaltic 
trap-rock  is  one  of  the  oldest  geological  formations,  we  might  still  ap- 
propriately style  the  Palisades  "  a  chip  of  the  old  block."  They  sepa- 
rate the  valley  of  the  Hudson  from  the  valley  of  the  Hackensack.  The 
Hackensack  rises  in  Rockland  Lake,  within  two  or  three  hundred  yards 
of  the  Hudson,  and  the  rivers  flow  thirty  miles  side  by  side,  but  are 
eflfoctually  separated  from  each  other  by  a  wall  more  substantial  than 
even  the  2,000  mile  struijture  of  the  "Heathen  Chinee." 

WkehawbJen,  one  of  the  sad  historic  spots  of  the  Hudson,  was  much 

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frequented  years  ago;  but  the  place  is  hardly  ever  visited  in  these  latter 
days.  In  fact,  everything  is  changed.  The  narrow  ledge  of  rock  where 
Hamilton  fell  in  a  duel  with  Aai-oii  Burr  on  the  morning  of  July  11 ,  1804, 
has  made  way  for  tiioWost  Side  r-aih*oad;  and  wo  are  not  sorry  that  the 
last  vestige  connected  with  a  "  false  code  of  honor"  has  been  removed. 


DTJBIiIjINO    GKOTTND,  "WEEHAWKEN. 

(From  LosBing's  '■Hudeoii,  from  tho  WiUlonioos  to  tbe  Sea.") 

Tlie  St.  Andrew's  Society,  a  short  time  after  tho  duel,  erected  a  monu- 
ment on  the  spot  to  the  memorj  of  the  great  statesman,  but  that  too 
was  gradtially  destroyed  by  visitors,  and  taken  away  in  pioaes,  souvenira 
of  ft  sad  tragedy. 


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Spuxten  Dtjyvel  Cbeek. — This  is  the  first  point  of  special  legendary 
interest,  and  takes  its  name  from  a  highly  ciiiTalric  and  poetic  incident. 
It  seems  that  the  famous  Antony  Van  Corlear  was  despatched  one  even- 
ing with  aji  important  message  iip  the  Hudson.  When  he  arrived  at 
this  creek,  th'^  wind  was  high,  the  elements  were  in  an  uproar,  and  no 
boatman  at  hand.  "  For  a  short  time,"  it  is  said,  "  ho  vapored  like  an 
impatient  ghost  upon  the  brink,  and  then,  bethinking  himself  of  the 
urgency  of  his  enand,  took  a  hearty  embrace  of  his  stone  bottle,  swore 
most  valorously  that  he  would  swim  across  en  spijt  en  Diiyvel  (in  spite 
of  the  Devil)  and  daringly,  pltmged  into  the  stream.  Luckless  Antony! 
Scarce  had  he  buffeted  half  way  over  when  he  was  observed  to  struggle 
violently,  as  if  battling  with  the  spirit  of  the  waters.  Instinctively  he 
put  his  trumpet  to  his  mouth,  and  giving  a  vehement  blast — sank  for- 
ever to  the  bottom. " 

Passing  the  Co'ivent  and  Academy  of  Mount  St.  Vincent,  a  fine 
Bijnictare  on  the  east  bank  of  tiie  river,  we  come  to 

YoNEEBS,  where  Hendrich  Hudson  anchored  one  September  evening, 
1609.  In  the  quaint  language  of  those  days,  he  "found  a  loving  people, 
who  attained  great  r,g>e. "  It  is  also  generally  believed  that  this  was  the 
place  where  Hendrich  Hudson  and  his  mate,  Eobert  Juet,  made  that 
sage  experiment,  gravely  recorded  in  the  naiTative  of  the  discovery. 
"Our  maater  and  his  mate  determined  to  try  some  of  the  chief  men  of 
the  country,  whether  they  had  any  treachery  in  them;  so  they  took 
them  down  into  the  cabin,  and  gave  them  so  much  wine  and  aqua  vitsB 
that  th'  f  were  all  verymerrie.  lu  the  end  one  of  them  waa  dnink,  and 
that  was  strange  to  them,  for  they  could  not  tell  how  to  take  it. "  One 
thing  is  certain,  they  learned  how,  as  soon  as  they  had  opportunity— 
the  only  branch  of  civilization  for  which  they  appear  to  have  had  a 
natural  taste.  It  is  moreover  said  that  the  effect  of  this  imported  jug- 
glery was  decidedly  strange,  and  soon  after  Hendrich's  departure  it 
came  to  be  believed  by  the  red  men,  who  had  seen  the  zigzag  effect  of 
fire-water  on  their  brethren,  that  the  Hudson  must,  at  some  period  of 
the  world's  history,  have  become  inebriated,  to  have  made  such  a  wind- 
ing channel  to  the  sea,  and  they  instituted  a  search  for  the  fire-water 

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fountain.  Of  course  they  were  unable  to  find  the  mysterious  fountain; 
bat  the  real  legend  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  therefore  most  reiiubk  of 
oiu*  river  tiaditions.  This  is  the  mouth  of  the  Neperan,  or  Sawmill 
Eiver,  and  here,  in  an  obscure  nook  of  the  Hudson,  west  of  the  creek, 
is  a  lai-ge  rock,  which  was  called  Meecl.-keek-assin,  or  Amackasin,  the 
great  stone  to  which  the  Indians  paid  re-^erenco  as  an  evidence  of  the 
permanency  and  immutability  of  their  deity. 

It  is  generally  said  that  Yonkers  derived  its  name  from  Tonk-herr— 
the  young  heir,  or  young  sir,  of  the  Phillipsio  manor.  The  English 
and  Scotch  word,  however,  as  used  by  Shakespeare  and  Burns  (viz., 
yonker  and  younkers)  makes  a  voyage  to  a  foreign  language  quite  un- 
necessary. 

The  old  manor  house,  near  the  river  and  above  the  lauding,  waa 
purchased  a  short  time  ago  by  the  village  of  Yonkers,  and  converted 
tor  the  most  part  into  offices  for  transacting  town  affairs.  The  older 
portion  of  the  house  was  built  in  1082;  the  present  front  in  1745.  The 
woodwork  is  very  interesting,  and  the  ceilings,  the  large  hall,  and  wide 
fireplace.  In  the  room  pointed  out  as  Washington's  room,  the  fireplace 
still  retains  the  old  tiles,  "  illustrating  familiar  passages  in  Bible  his- 
tory," fifty  on  each  side,  looking  as  clear  as  if  they  were  made  but 
yesterday.  The  town  is  gi'owing  very  rapidly,  and  is  almost  a  part  of 
the  great  metropolis. 

Hastinos,  fom-  miles  north  of  Yonkers  and  twenty-one  from  New 
York,  is  almost  oijposite  the  highest  point  of  the  Palisades,  viz.,  "Indian 
Head."  Here,  it  is  said.  Garibaldi  used  to  spend  his  Sundays  with 
Italian  friends,  at  the  time  that  he  was  "keeping  a  soap  and  candle 
faoAory  on  Staten  Island. " 

DoBBs'  Ferby  is  the  next  village  above  Hastings,  on  the  east  side, 
named  iifter  an  old  Swedish  fen-yman.  It  is  the  scene  of  a  romantic 
story,  lonj?  a<.'0  put  in  verse,  and  styled  the  "Legend  of  Dobbs'  Ferry, 
or  the  Marital  Fate  of  Hendrich  and  Katrina."  The  river  now  widens 
into  a  beautiful  bay,  known  as  the  Mediterranean  Sea  of  the  New  Neth- 
erlands, and  we  come  to  our  second  division. 

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TAPPAjJI  ZEE— REPOSE. 

"Oool  sbaJeB  and  dow8  are  ruuud  luy  wajr, 
And  Rllduce  of  the  early  day, 
'Mid  the  dark  rocks  that  watch  UIh  bed 
OUtters  the  mighty  UiidHou  spread 
'        ''  Uurlppled,  save  by  drops  that  fall 

■    .  From  shrubs  that  fringe  bis  mountain  wall; 

Ajid  o'er  the  clear  still  water  swells 
The  music  of  the  Sabbath  bolls." 

The  Palisa(les  now  lose  their  wall-like  character,  and  break  away  in 
little  headlands  to  the  north  and  northwest;  and  now,  aa  we  pass  Pieb- 
MOMT,  on  tbe  west  side,  we  leave  behind  us  the  New  Jersey  wall,  which 
was  almost  enough  to  "keep  her  out  of  the  Union,"  and  are  entirely 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Empire  State — the  New  Jersey  lino  is  only 
a  short  distance  below  Piermont.  The  pier  of  the  Erie  railroad,  which 
here  juts  into  the  river,  is  about  one  mile  in  length,  and  gives  the  name 
to  the  village.  The  boulevard  from  this  point  to  Eockland  Lake,  pass- 
ing through  Nyack,  will  soon  be  one  of  the  finest  drives  on  the  Hudson. 
About  two  miles  from  Piermont  is  the  old  village  of  Tappan,  where 
Andre  was  executed. 

Ibvtngton  is  about  opposite  Piermont,  twenty-four  miles  from  New 
York.  The  river  is  here  about  three  miles  wide,  and  the  sloping  hills 
that  look  over  this  tranquil  bay  are  literally  covered  Avith  beautiful 
villas  and  charming  grounds.  About  half  a  mile  above  the  depot,  aad 
near  the  river  bank,  almost  hid  in  foliage,  is 

Stjnntside,  the  great  classic  and  poetic  spot  of  our  country — the 
home  of  Washington  Irving,  who  laid  the  corner-stone  of  American 
literature.  Fifty  years  ago  the  English  critic  sneeringly  asked,  "  Who 
reads  an  American  book  ?  "  Irving  quietly  answered  the  question,  and 
carried  the  war  into  the  enemy's  country  by  writing  "Bracebridge 
Hall,"  "Westminster  Abbey,"  and  "Stratford-on-Avon;"  and  his  name 
is  cherished  to-day  in  England  almost  as  fondly  as  in  our  own  country. 
A  few  years  ago  it  was  our  good  fortune  to  pass  a  few  days  in  the  very 
centre  of  "Merrie  England,"  in  that  quiet  town  on  the  Avon,  and  we 
found  the  name  of  Irving  almost  as  reverently  regarded  as  that  of  the 

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immortal  Shakespeare.  The  sitting-room  in  the  "Bed  Horse  Hotel," 
where  he  was  distmbed  iu  his  midnight  reverie,  is  still  called  Irviug'a 
room,  and  the  walls  hung  with  portraits  taken  at  diflerent  periods  of 
his  life.  Mine  host  said  that  visitors  from  every  land  were  as  much  in- 
terested in  this  room  as  iu  Shakespeare's  birthplace.  The  remark  may 
have  been  intensified  to  flatter  an  American  visitor,  but  there  are  few 
name.^  dearer  to  the  Anglo-Saxon  race  than  that  on  the  plain  headstone 
in  the  burial-yard  of  Sleepy  Hollow. 

In  Irviug's  essay  of  "  Wolfert's  lioost"  (the  old  name  of  Sunnyside) 
he  describes  his  home  very  aptly  as  "made  up  of  gable-ends,  and  fidl 
of  angles  and  corners  as  an  old  cocked  hat.  It  is  said,  in  fact,  to  have 
been  modelled  after  the  cocked  hat  of  Peter  the  Headstrong,  as  the 
Escarial  of  Spain  was  modelled  after  the  gridiron  of  the  blessed  St. 
Laurence."  The  late  Napoleon  III.  was  at  one  time  a  visitor  at  Sunny- 
side;  and  here,  in  1842,  Daniel  Webster  paid  Irving  a  visit,  with  ap- 
pointment and  credentials  as  Minister  to  Spain. 

Tat«rytown  is  also  on  the  east  side,  about  three  miles  north  of  Ir- 
ving k>n.  Its  name  was  derived  from  the  old  Dutch  word  Tarwe-town, 
or  wheat-town,  although  Knickerbocker's  natural  philosophy  imagined 
that  it  arose  from  the  lan-ying  of  husband  at  the  village  tavern. 

On  the  old  post-road,  now  called  Broadway,  going  north  from  the 
village.  Major  Andre  was  captured,  and  a  monument  erected  on  the 
spot  by  the  people  of  Westchester  County,  October  7,  1853,  with  this 
inscription: — 

ON  THIS   SPOT, 
THE  23d  day   of   SEPTEMBEB,   1780,  THE  SPY, 

MAJOE  JOHN  ANDEE, 

Adjutant-General  of  the  British  Army,  was  captured  by 

John  Paulding,  David  Wrt-iiiAMS,  and  Isaac  Van  Wabt, 

AliL  NATIVES   OP  THIS   COUNTY. 

History  has  told  the  rest.  , 

It  is  said  that  the  tree  beneath  which  Andre  was  captured  was  struck 
by  lightning  in  July,  1801,  the  very  day  of  Arnold's  death  in  London. 

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Tarrytown  and  vicinity  was  tho  very  heart  of  the  debatable  ground  of 
the  Revolution;  and  here,  according  to  Irving,  aroHe  the  two  great 
orders  of  border  chivalry— the  Skinners  and  the  Cow-Boya.  The  for- 
mer fought,  or  rather  marauded,  under  the  American,  the  latter  under 
tho  British  banner.  "In  the  zeal  of  service  both  were  apt  to  make 
blunders,  and  confounded  the  property  of  friend  and  foo.  Neither  of 
them,  in  the  heat  and  hurry  of  a  foray,  had  time  to  ascertain  the  poli- 
tics of  a  horse  or  cow  which  they  were  diiving  oflf  into  captivity,  nor 


lOHABOD  OBAKB   ANTJ  KATBINA  VAN  TASSBL. 

when  they  wrung  the  neck  of  a  rooster  did  they  trouble  their  heads 
whether  he  crowed  for  Congi-esM  or  King  George." 

This  was  indeed  an  eventfiil  neighborhood  to  the  faithful  historian, 
Diedrich  Knickerbocker;  and  here  he  picked  up  many  of  those  legends 
which  were  given  by  him  to  the  world,  or  found  nmong  his  papers. 
One  of  these  was  ihe  legend  connected  with  the  old  Dutch  Church  of 
Sleepy  Hollow.  A  drowsy,  dreamy  influence  seems  to  hang  over  the 
land,  and  to  pervade  the  very  atmosphere.     "Some  suy  the  place  waa 

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bewitched  by  a  high  Oerman  doctor  during  the  early  days  of  the  settle- 
ment; others  that  an  old  Indian  chief,  the  wizard  of  his  tribe,  held 
his  pow-wows  there  before  Hendrich  Hudson's  discovery  of  the  river. 
The  dominant  spirit,  however,  that  haunts  this  enchanted  region,  is  the 
apparition  of  a  figure  on  horseback  without  a  head,  said  to  bo  tlus  ghost 
of  a  Hessian  trooper,  and  was  known  at  all  the  country  firesides  as  tlio 
"headless  horseman"  of  Sleepy  Hollow.  Surnyside.  you  remember, 
was  onoo  tho  property  of  old  Baltus  Van  Tassol;  and  here  lived  the  fair 
Katrina,  beloved  by  all  the  youths,  but  more  especutUy  by  Ichabod 
Crane,  the  country  schoolmaster,  and  a  reckless  youth,  Mr.  Van  Brunt. 
A  faithful  view  of  the  unsuccessful  courtship  of  Ichabod  will  bo  seen  in 
the  cut  here  given,  from  tho  statuette  group  of  Ichabod  and  Katrina, 
by  Mr.  Kogera,  of  New  York,  whose  skill  we  again  refer  to  in  our  article 
on  "  Kip  Vnn  Winkle  among  the  Catskills." 

Thr  Old  Dutch  Church,  and  the  burial  yard  where  Irving  is  buried,  is 
about  one  hai:  mile  north  from  Tarrytown.  A  plain  stone,  with  simple 
inscription,  "  Wasliington  Irving,  born  April  3d,  1783,  died  November 
28th,  1859, "  mnrks  the  resting-place  of  the  sweetest  writer  in  our  literature. 

Nyaok  on  thb  Hudson  is  a  pleasant  village  opposite  Tarrytown.  The 
Lu'ge  buildin;:,'  south  of  the  village  is  the  Bockknd  Female  Seminax-y. 

Sing-Sing,  on  the  eaafc  side,  is  six  miles  above  Tari7town,  and  thirty- 
two  from  New  York.  Its  name  is  said  to  be  derived  from  the  Indian 
words  oadn,  a  stone,  and  ing,  a  place,  from  the  rocky  and  stony  charac- 
ter of  the  river  bank. 

The  State  Prison,  with  its  white  walls,  was  built  of  stone  quarried  on 
the  spot  by  a  band  u'-ain-ing  mortals  imported  from  Auburn,  in  1820. 

EooKLAND  Lake  lies  opposite  Sing-Sing,  set  in  a  "  dimple  of  the 
hills,"  and  is  not  seen  from  the  river.  As  wo  look  at  the  great  ice- 
houses to-dny,  which,  like  imcouth  bams,  stand  here  and  there  along 
the  Hudson,  it  does  not  seem  possible  that  only  a  few  years  ago  ice  was 
decidedly  unpopular,  and  wheeled  about  New  York  in  a  hand-cart. 
Think  of  one  hand-cart  supplying  New  York  with  ice  I  It  was  consid- 
ered unhealthy,  aoad  called  forth  many  lonmed  discussions.  The  point 
that  seems  to  project  into  the  river  was  called  "  Verdietege"  Hook  be- 
ing considered  a  **  very  tedious"  spot  by  the  old  Dutch  mariners. 

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Choton  lliviiu  meets  the  HudBou  about  one  uiilo  above  8iug-8ing, 
and  it  is  -^  Biugular  I'lict  that  the  pitcher  and  ic3-cooter  o£  Now  York,  or, 
iu  other  words,  Orotou  Diirn  aud  llockland  Lake,  should  be  directly 
opposite.  About  thirty  ysars  ago,  the  Croton  first  made  its  appearance 
iu  New  Yolk,  brought  iu  by  au  aqiuiduct  of  sohd  masonry.  The  old 
Indian  uanio  of  the  Croton  was  Kitch-a-wonck.  The  Dam  is  an  inter- 
esting place  to  visit,  and  wo  understand  that  city  milkmen,  when  jour- 
neying up  the  river,  never  pass  the  point  without  reverently  lifting 
their  hats.     We  wov.ld  modestly  suggest  a  yearly  picnic  to  this  dam. 


LAKE  MAIIOPAC,   ONE   OF  THP.   FOUNTAINS   OF  THE  CBOTON. 

where  these  modern  Hildobrauds  could  worship  their  "Undin-^s/  j.nd 
eompute  th<3  value  of  500,000,000  gallons  at "  ten  cents  a  quart,"— a  nice 
little  rannwf)  account,  largo  enough  per  annum  to  build  the  State  capital 
or  the  East  River  bridge. 

Lake  Mahopao  is  one  of  the  finest  fountoins  of  the  Croton,  and  the 
finest  lake  near  the  metropolis.  It  can  be  reached  very  easily  by  the 
Harlem  Railroad  from  New  York.  The  old  Indian  name  was  Ma-cook- 
pake,  signifying  a  largo  inland  lake.  The  same  derivation,  we  imagine, 
is  alflo  Been  in  Copake  Lake,  Columbia  County.     The  view  here  given 


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■howa  the  inland  whore  the  last  mooting  of  the  southern  tribes  of  the 
Hudson  was  held.  The  lako  is  ono  thousand  feet  oboyo  tido-wivtor — a 
magnificent  sheet  of  water,  with  ouierold  islands;  and  it  is  ploosant  to 
know  that  the  bright  waters  of  Mahopao  and  the  clear  fountains  of 
Putnam  County  are  carried  to  New  York,  even  as  the  poetic  waters  of 
Loch  Katrine  Hupi)ly  tho  commercial  city  of  Glasgow.  Lake  Mahopao 
has  fine  hotels,  and  is  a  pleasant  place  of  Hummer  reHort. 

Tellkk's  Point  wos  called  by  tho  Indians,  Senasqiia;  and  tradition 
says  that  tho  ancient  warriors  still  haunt  tho  surrounding  glens  and 
woods,  and  tho  sachems  of  Teller's  Point  are  household  words  ir  the 
neighborhood.  It  is  also  said  that  there  was  onco  a  great  Indian  battle 
hero,  and  perhaps  the  gho-sts  of  tho  old  warriors  are  attracted  by  the 
Underhill  Grapory  and  tho  10,000  gallons  of  Avino  bottled  ovei'.y  year. 

HAvr.KbTriAW  Bay. — Passing  Teller's  Point  wo  como  into  Haverstraw 
Bay.  This  expanse  of  water  was  called  bv  the  Indians,  Knmachonack. 
Tho  village  is  on  tho  west  side.  Three  miles  above  Haverstraw,  also  on 
tho  west  side,  wo  pass  Stony  Point,  wheie,  at  two  o'clock  ono  morning, 

•^ayne better  known  as  "  Mad  Anthony  " — sf"t  the  brief  despatch  to 

Washington :  "  Dear  Goner.il — Tho  American  flag  waves  hero. "  Passing 
Verplank's  I'oint,  juet  opposite  Stony  Point,  and  wo  see 

Pkekskii.t<,  forty-threo  miles  from  New  York,  on  tho  east  bank, 
where  Nathan  Palmev,  tho  spy,  was  hung;  and  another  brief  mcbsago 
sent  by  Putnam,  to  the  effect,  "Nathan  Palmer  wna  taken  as  a  spy, 
tried  as  a  spy,  and  will  bo  hanged  as  a  spy. — P.  S.  He  is  hanged."  In 
1797  Peokskill  was  the  headquarters  of  old  Israel  Putnam.  This  was 
tho  birthphuio  of  Paulding,  one  of  Andre's  captors,  and  he  died  here  in 
1818.  There  is  a  monument  to  his  memory  about  two  miles  north  of 
the  village.  It  is  said  that  the  stream  and  town  took  their  nomes  from 
a  worthy  Dutch  skipper,  Jans  Peek,  who  imagined  he  bad  found  the 
head  waters  of  tho  Hudson,  and  run  aground,  on  tho  enst  side,  in  the 
stream  which  now  bears  his  name.  It  was  called  by  the  Indians  the 
unpoetic  name  Sackboes.  Near  Peekskill  is  the  old  Van  Cortlandt 
house,  tho  retsidenee  of  Washington  for  a  short  time  during  the  Revo- 
lution. East  of  the  village  is  the  farm  end  summer  home  of  the  great 
pulpit-orator  of  our  country — Henry  Ward  Beecher. 

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THE  HIGHLANDS  — SUBLIMITY.  ;^ 

"  And  eve.  ^Yaknf^l  Echo  here  doth  dwell, 
Th9  uymph  of  tportivo  mockery,  that  st  11 
Hideii  behind  every  rock,  iu  every  dell, 
Anc.  soltly  glides  iinueou  from  hill  to  hill." 

Tumiug  Kidd's  Point,  or  Caldwell's  Lauding,  almost  at  right  angles, 
the  steamer  enters  the  Highlands.  Neai-  the  Point  will  be  seen  some 
upright  planks,  or  caissons,  ncai-  the  water's  edge.  They  mark  the  spot 
where  Captain  Kidd's  ship  was  sui^posed  to  have  been  scuttled.  As  the 
famous  captain's  history  seems  to  be  quite  intimately  associated  with 
the  Hudson,  we  will  give  in  brief 

The  Stoby  op  Captain  ICidd. — His  name  was  William,  and  he  was 
born  about  t!ie  middle  of  the  seventeenth  centui-y;  and  it  is  thought, 
near  Greenock,  in  Scotland:  resided  at  one  time  in  New  York,  near 
the  corner  of  William  and  Cedar  Streets,  and  was  there  married.  In 
April,  1696,  liidd  sailed  from  England  in  command  of  the  "Adventure 
Galley,"  with  full  arn.ament  ain".  eighty  men.  He  captured  a  French 
ship,  and,  on  arrival  at  New  York,  put  up  articles  for  volunteers: 
remained  in  New  York  three  or  four  months,  increasing  his  crew  to 
one  hundred  and  fifty-flvo  men,  and  sailed  thence  to  Maderas,  thence 
to  Bonavista  and  St.  Jago,  to  Madagascar,  then  to  Caiicut,  then  to 
Madagascar  again,  then  sailed  and  took  the  "Quedah  Merchant." 
Kidd  kept  forty  shares  of  the  spoils,  and  divided  the  rest  with  his  crew. 
He  then  burned  the  "Adventure  Galley,"  wont  on  board  the  "Quedah 
Merchant,"  and  sailed  for  the  West  Indies.  Hero  he  left  the"Mer- 
chaatt,"  with  part  of  the  crew,  under  one  Bolton,  as  commander.  Then 
manned  a  sloop,  and  taking  part  of  his  spoils,  Avent  to  Bo.ston  via  Long 
Island  Sound,  r  nd  is  said  to  have  set  goods  on  shore  at  different  jilnces. 
In  the  mean  time,  in  August,  1698,  the  East  India  Company  informed 
the  Lords  Justices  that  Kidd  had  committed  several  acts  of  piracy,  pox- 
ticnlarly  in  seizing  a  Moor's  ship  called  the  "Quedah  Merchant." 
When  Kidd  landed  at  Boston  he  was  therefore  arrested  by  the  Earl  of 
Bellamont,  and  sent  to  England  for  trial,  1699,  where  he  was  found 
guilty  and  executed.  Now  it  is  supposed  that  the  crew  of  the  "  Quedah 

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Merchant,"  which  Kidd  left  at  Hispaniola,  started  \  .  ..  their  ship  for 
the  Hudson,  as  the  crew  was  mostly  gathered  from  the  Highlands  and 
abo7e  It  is  said  that  they  passed  New  York  in  the  night,  and  started 
with  their  ship  for  tlie  manor  of  Livingston;  but  encountering  a  gale 
in  the  Highlands,  and  thinking  they  were  iinrsued,  run  her  near  the 
shore,  now  known  as  Kidd's  Point,  and  here  scuttled  her,  and  the  crow 
fled  to  the  woods  with  such  treasure  as  they  could  cany.  Whether  this 
circumstance  was  true  or  not,  it  was  at  least  a  cun-cnt  story  in  the 
neighborhood,  and  an  entei-prising  individual,  about  forty  years  ago, 
earned  an  old  cannon  to  be  discovered  in  the  river,  and  perpetrated  the 
first  "  Cardiff  Giant  Hoax. "  A  New  York  Stock  Company  was  organized 
to  prosecute  the  work.  It  was  said  that  the  ship  could  be  seen  in  clear 
days,  with  her  masts  still  standing,  many  fathoms  below  the  surface. 
One  thing  is  certain — the  Company  didn't  see  it  or  the  treasurer  either, 
in  whose  hands  wore  deposited  nliout  $30,000. 

The  Dundebbeko  rises  du-ictly  above  this  poilit— the  Olympus  of 
Dutch  Mythology.  It  was  the  dread  of  tlio  early  navigators,  and  sailors 
had  to  drop  the  peaks  of  thoir  mainsails  in  salute  to  the  goblin  who 
inhabited  it,  and  presided  ovi  r  those  little  imps  in  sugar-loaf  hats  and 
short  doublets,  who  were  frequently  seen  tumbhng  head  over  heels  in 
the  rack  and  mist.  No  wonder  that  the  old  burghers  of  New  York  never 
thought  of  making  their  week's  voyage  to  Albany  without  arranging 
their  wills;  and  it  created  as  much  commotion  in  New  Amsterdam  as  a 
Stanley  expedition  in  search  of  Livingstone.  Verdrietege  Hook,  the 
Dunderberg.  and  the  Overslaugh  were  names  of  terror  to  even  the 
bravest  skipper. 

Anthony's  Nose.— The  high  peak  on  tho  east  bank,  just  above  the 
"Nameless  Highland,"  is  Anthony's  Nose,  which,  in  our  Onide-Bool 
published  in  1869,  we  considered  the  prominent  feature  of  the  Hudson. 
It  is  about  1500  feet  high,  and  has  two  or  three  christenings.  One  says 
it  was  named  after  St.  Anthony  the  Great— the  first  institute?  of  mo- 
nastio  life,  bom  A.D.  251,  at  Come,  in  Heraclea,  a  town  in  Upper 
Egypt.  Irving's  humorous  account  is,  however,  qiute  as  probable,  to 
wit:  that  it  was  derived  from  the  nose  raf  Anthony  Vac  Gorlear,  the  il- 
lostrioua  trumpeter  of  Peter  StuTYesant.     "Now  thus  it  happened  that 

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bright  and  early  in  the  morning  the  good  Anthony,  having  washed  his 
burly  visage,  was  leaning  over  the  quarter-railing  of  the  galley,  contem- 
plating it  in  the  gkssy  waves  below.  Just  at  this  moment  the  illustrious 
sun,  breaking  in  nil  his  splendor  from  behind  a  high  bluflf  of  the  High- 
lands, did  dart  one  of  his  most  potent  beams  full  upon  the  refulgent 
nose  of  the  sounder  of  brass,  the  reflection  of  which  shot  straightway 
down  hissing  hot  into  the  water,  and  killed  a  mighty  sturgeon  that  was 
sporting  beside  the  vessel.  When  this  astonishing  miracle  was  made 
known  to  the  Governor,  and  he  tasted  of  the  unknown  fish,  he  marveled 
exceedingly;  and.  as  a  monument  thereof,  ho  gave  the  name  of  An- 
thony's Nose  to  a  stout  promontory  in  the  neighborhood,  and  it  has 
continued  to  bo  called  Anthony's  Nose  ever  since."  This  mountain  was 
called  by  the  Indians  Kittatenny,  n  Delaware  term  signifying  "endless 

hills." 

Opposite  Anthony's  Nose  is  the  beautiful  island  of  lona;  and  wo  ob- 
tain a  fine  viev'  of  old  Sugar-Loaf  to  the  north.     We  are  now  in  the 
midst  of  historic  country,  and  the  various  points  are  literally  crowded 
together:  Beverley  Dock,  Beverley  HoTise,  Fort  Putnam,  North  and 
South  Redoubt  Mountains,  Kosciusko's  Garden,  and  Fort  Constitution. 
Both  sides  of  the  river  are  full  of  in^erast,  and  we  will  refer  to  each 
BurrEKMiLK  Falls,  named  by  Washington  Irving,  is  seen  on  the  left 
soon  after  passing  the  Benny  Havens  Cottage  indicated  in  our  Guide 
Board.     It  is  always  beautiful  and  like  sparkling  wit  never  di-y  (or  hard- 
ly ever),  even  in  the  longest  Summer,  but  the  tourist  is  fortunate  who 
sees  it  in  full  dress  costume  after  a  heavy  shower,  when  it  rushes  over 
the  rocks  in  floods  of  snow-white  foam.     It  was  known  among  the  In- 
dians as  the  Princes  Falls  (owned  by  a  Prince  of  the  hiU  country). 
The  rivulet  south  of  these  falls  was  called  by  the  Indians  the  Ossinipmk, 
or  the  stream  from  the  solid  ra3kB;  and  while  we  are  dealing  with 
•'  Waterfalls,"  we  might  also  speak  of  the  Brocken  Kill,  a  stream  which 
emptier  below  Anthony's  Nose,  a  Dutch  word  for  water  broken  ia  its  flow. 
Highland  Fai.ls  is  the  name  of  a  small  village  a  short  distance  west 
of  the  river  on  the  bluff,  but  not  seen  from  the  deck  of  the  steamer. 
The  large  building  soutli  of  Buttermilk  Falls,  was  known  as  the  Parry 
House  but  it  has  recently  passed  into  the  hands  of  a  West  Point  gradu- 

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ate,  who  has  converted  it  into  a  Preparatory  School  for  the  "West  Point 
Academy.  The  building  north  of  the  falls  is  known  as  Cozzens'  Hotel, 
and  has  a  commanding  and  pleasant  site.  It  is,  however,  one  mile  and 
ahalf  from  the  Parade  Ground— the  principal  attraction  of  West  Point, 
and  the  visitor  who  has  only  a  few  days  at  his  command,  will  perhaps 
gather  more  information  by  locating  at  West  Point  proper,  whose  well- 
constructed  dock  our  steamer  is  now  approaching. 

West  roiivr.— What  Quebec  is  to  Montreal  uikI  the  "resb  ol  Canody," 
West  Point  is  to  New  York  and  our  Country.  Tliis  may  be  considered 
a  mathematical  formula,  a  sort  of  "rule  of  three "  statement,  but  we 
are  safe  in  saying  that  these  rocks  are  as  historic  if  not  as  gray^  that  the 
view  of  the  Hudson  at  this  point  is  grander  than  the  St.  La  rence,  that 
old  Fort  Putnam  is  as  venerable  na  the  Heiffhts  of  Abraham,  and  the 
new  fortifications  are  as  pleasant  if  not  so  imposing  83  tljo  walls  an  1 
Citadel  of  Quebec,  and  the  sensation  is  something  the  same  in  botii 
places;  we  feel  that  we  are  in  the  midst  of  law  and  authority,  and  at  the 
end  of  our  first  Centennial  we  feel  justified  in  quoting  from  one  oi  oui- 

American  poets: 

"  What  tliough  no  cloister  gray  or  ivied  columu        ^ 

Along  tliis  cliff  their  sombre  ruins  rear, 
What  though  no  frowning  tower  or  temple  Bolemu 
Of  despotrt  tell  and  superstition  here. 
Yet  sights  and  sounds  at  which  the  world  have  wondered 

Witliin  these  wild  ravines  here  hnd  tlieir  birth, 
Young  freedom's  cannon  from  tiiete  j,'lens  have  thuudered. 

And  sent  their  startling  echoes  o'er  the  earth. 
And  not  a  venluut  ghide  or  mountain  lioury, 
But  treasures  up  within  the  glorious  story." 

West  Point  Hotel. — The  first  thing  to  do  is  to  get  located  at  a  Ho- 
tel, and  there  is  no  finer  one  on  the  Hudson  than  the  one  we  have  indi- 
cated at  the  opening  of  this  paragi-aph.  In  fact  it  is  the  only  one  on 
tiie  Government  Grounds,  and  its  location  is  unrivaled;  on  one  side 
commanding  the  entire  Parade  Ground,  and  on  the  other  looking  out 
upon  the  River  two  hundred  feet  below,  with  the  finest  view  of  old  Cro 
Nest  and  Storm  King  to  the  north,  a  wonderful  vista  of  grandeur,  poetry 
and  beauty.  (Albert  H.  Craney,  Proprietor).   Excursion  tickets  from  New 

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i'i.i)fa,^iii:i;:yiijaigyui.uii»iiji'i'''' 


' 


York  to  West  Point  and  return  are  only  $1,  via  the  Day  Line  Steamers,  and 
there  is  ample  time  for  looking  over  the  grounds  and  taking  dinner  at  the 
Hotel.  A  new  road  from  West  Point  to  Cornwall  is  completed,  and  the  com- 
ing tourist  of  the  Hudson  will  make  this  '  'part  and  parcel "  of  his  trip.  It 
is  quite  as  smooth  and  enjoyable  as  the  well-known  Catskill  Mountain  road, 
is  "  something  new,"  and  within  easy  reach.  The  panoramic  view  is  very 
grand,  and  gives  one  a  pleasant  acquaintance  with  the  wooded  Highlands. 
It  passes  over  the  plateau  of  old  Cro  Nest,  and  winds  down  the  Cornwall 
slope  of  Storm  King.  The  trip  reminds  one  of  our  fi-iend  Mr.  Roe's 
charming  book,  as  in  this  way  we  are  really  brought 
"  Near  to  Nature's  heart." 

And,  by  the  way,  the  Highlands  are  the  scene  of  the  story.  Carriages 
are  obtained  at  Messrs.  Denton's  livery,  proprietors  of  Omnibuses  con- 
necting at  West  Point  Landing,  and  we  will  say  here,  by  way  of  paren- 
thesis, that  the  traveler  who  sees  Storm  King  and  old  Cro  Nest  from  the 
river,  has  little  idea  of  their  extent,  but  the  Cornw.iU  road,  completed  in 
the  Summer  of  1876,  opens  up  all  the  loveliness  and  grandeur  of  this 
section.  There  is  no  finer  road  in  all  our  country,  none  better  engi- 
neered, none  that  conquers  -a  grade  more  easily,  and  few  presenting  a 
finer  outlook. 

Cbo  Nest  Plateau  is  aboitt  one  thousand  feet  above  the  Parade 
Ground  cf  West  Point,  and  overlooks  it  as  a  rocky  balcony.  These 
mountains,  with  their  wonderful  lake  system,  are,  in  fact,  the  "  Central 
Park  "  of  the  Hudson.  Within  a  radius  of  ten  miles  are  clustered  over 
forty  lakes,  and  we  very  much  doubt  if  one  person  in  a  thousand  ever 
heard  of  them.  It  would  pay  the  New  York  Herald  to  discover  another 
Stanley,  and  find  a  few  "  Nyanzas"  nearer  home.  We  iinderstand  there 
is  no  map  giving  the  physical  geography  of  this  section  to  be  found,  even 
in  the  West  Point  Librniy.  We  would  suggest  to  the  professors  of  West 
Point  the  words  of  Hamlet :  "Reform  it  altogether. " 

But  to  rettim — West  Point  has  the  most  beautiful  location  on  the  Hud- 
son, and  Washington  suggested  this  place  as  the  most  eligible  situation 
for  a  Military  Academy.  It  went  into  operation  about  1812,  and  the  land 
was  ceded  to  the  General  Government  of  the  United  Stutes  in  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  twenty-six.     The  Parade  Ground  is  situated  on  a  fine 

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fV       .-•, 


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-'*«3 


mmtmnmtfir' 


plateau  about  two  liundred  feet  above  tlie  river.  The  parade-grotuid 
seems  almost  as  level  as  a  "  or;  aud,  as  the  buildings  are  at  a  little  dis- 
tance from  tiie  river,  they  are  only  partially  seen.  The  first  building 
on  the  right  hand  to  one  ascending  from  the  landing  is  the  riding-school 
used  in  -winter.  To  the  rear  of  this  the  public  stablea,  accommodating 
one  hundred  and  fifty  horses.  Then,  as  you  ascend,  the  pathway  brings 
you  to  a  now  fireproof  bxnlding  for  ofiices,  a  beautiful  feature.  To  the 
right  hand  of  this  building  is  the  library,  with  a  dome.  The  next  build- 
ing is  the  chapel;  and  next  to  the  chapel  is  the  old  riding-hall,  now 
used  for  recitation-rooms,  gyir-^siums,  gallery  of  iiaintings,  and  mu- 
seums. On  the  same  street  are  located  the  cadet  barracks;  and  to  the 
north,  the  oflieers'  quarters.  Prominent  in  this  vicinity  is  the  fine 
monument  to  General  Sedgwick.  Starting  again  at  the  old  riding-hall, 
and  going  south,  we  come  to  the  cadet  hall  and  the  cadet  hospital;  and 
stUI  further  south,  another  section  of  officers'  quarters.  Near  the  flag- 
staff will  bo  found  a  fine  collection  of  old  cannon,  old  chains,  old  sheU, 
and  the  famous  "swamp  angel "  gun,  taken  from  the  rebels.  Fort 
Knox  was  just  above  the  landing.  Near  the  river  bank  can  also  be  seen 
Dade's  Monument,  Kosciusko's  Garden,  and  Kosciusko's  Monument. 
Old  Fort  Clinton  was  located  on  the  plain,  near  the  monument;  and 
far  above,  like  a  sentinel  left  at  his  post.  Fort  Putnam  looks  down  upon 
the  changes  of  a  hundred  years.  But  of  all  places  around  West  Point, 
Kosciusko's  Garden  seems  the  finest  and  most  suggestive,  connected  as 
it  is  with  a  hero  not  OLly  of  his  own  country,  but  a  man  ready  to  battle 
for  free  institutions,  taking  up  the  sublime  words  of  the  old  Boman 
orator,  "  Where  Liberty  is,  there  is  my  country."  A  beautiful  spring  is 
near  the  Gordon,  and  the  indenture  of  a  cannon-ball  is  still  pointed  out 
in  the  rocks,  which  must  have  disturbed  the  patriot's  meditations. 

West  Point  during  the  Ilevolution  was  the  Gibraltar  of  the  Hudson; 
and  the  saddest  lesson  of  those  stern  old  days  is  connected  with  its 
history.  Bonedict  Ai-nold  was  in  command  of  this  important  point,  and 
the  story  of  his  treaohei-y  is  familiar  to  eveiy  schoolboy.  It  will  be  re- 
membered that  Arnold  met  Andre  at  the  house  of  Joshua  Hett  Smith, 
at  a  place  now  known  as  Treason  H^'ll,  near  the  village  of  Haverstraw. 
Major  Andre  was  sent  aa  the  representative  of  the  British  commander, 

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Siv  Heniy  Clinton.  Andre,  with  the  papers  and  plans  of  Ai-nold  se- 
creted in  his  boots,  passes  down  the  Tarrytown  road,  and  was  arreHted, 
as  we  said  in  our  article  on  Tan-ytown,  and  the  papers  discovered.  "With 
this  preface,  our  history  will  carry  us  across  the  river  to 

Gabbison,  on  the  east  side.     Arnold  returned  from  Havorstravr  to 
the  Beverley  House,  where  ho  was  then  living.     This  house  is  situated 
about   one   mile   south  of  the  Garrison  Depot,  near  the   magnificent 
grounds  and  residence  of  the  Hon.  Hamilton  Fish.     Colonel  Jamieson 
Bent  a  letter  to  Arnold  informing  him  of  the  facts,  aud  this  letter  Arnold 
received  on  the  morning  of  the  24th  of  September.   Alexander  Hamilton 
and  Genp- J  Lafayette  were  at  breakfast  with  him.    He  read  its  contents 
and  excused  himself  from  the  table,  kissed  his  wife  good-bye,  told  her 
he  was  a  ruined  man  and  a  traitor,  kissed  his  Uttle  boy  in  the  cradle, 
fled  to  Beverley  Dock,  and  ordered  his  men  to  pull  off  and  go  down  the 
river.     The  "Vulture,"  English  man-of-war.  was  near  Teller's  Point, 
and  received  a  traitor,  whose  living  treason  had  to  bo  atoned  by  the 
blood  of  Andre,  the  noble  and  pure-hearted  officer.     It  is  said  that 
Arnold  lived  long  enough  to  bo  hissed  in  the  House  of  Commons,  as  he 
once  took  his  seat  in  the  gallery,  and  he  died  friendless,  and,  in  fact, 
despised,     "t  is  also  said  that  one  day  when  Talleyrand  arrived  in  Havro 
on  foot  from  Paris,  in  the  darkest  hoiu-  of  the  French  Revolution,  pur- 
sued by  the  bloodhounds  of  the  reign  of  terror,  ho  was  about  to  secure 
a  passage  to  the  United  States,  and  asked  the  landlord  of  the  hotel,  "  So 
there  are  Americans  staying  at  your  house  ?    T.  am  going  across  the 
water,  and  would  like  a  letter  to  a  person  of  influence  in  the  New 
World."     "There  is  a  gentleman  up-slairs  from  Britain  or  America," 
was  the  response.     He  pointed  the  way,  and  Talleyrand  ascended  the 
stairs.    In  a  dimly  lighted  room  sat  the  man  of  whom  th    ^eat  minister 
of  Franco  was  to  ask  a  favor.    He  advanced,  and  pourec    orth  in  elegant 
French  and  broken  English,  "lam  a  wanderer,  and  an  exile.     lam 
forced  to  fly  to  tbe  New  World  without  a  friend  or  home.     You  are  an 
American.     Give  me,  then,  I  beseech  you,  a  letter  of  yours,  so  that  I 
may  be  able  to  earn  my  bread."    The  strange  gentleman  rose.     With  a 
look  that  Talleyrand  never  forgot,  he  retreated  toward  the  door  of  the 
next  chamber.     He  spoke  as  ha  retreated,  and  his  voice  was  full  of 

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mold  se- 
arieHted, 
3d.   AVith 

jrstravr  to 
i  situated 
ignificent 
Jamieson 
er  Arnold 
Hamilton 
3  contents 
,  told  ber 
bo  cradle, 
down  tlie 
r's  Point, 
ed  by  tlio 
siiid  tliat 
ons,  as  he 
d,  in  fact, 
.  in  Havre 
tiou,  pur- 
I  to  secure 
lotel,  "So 
icross  tbo 
tlio  New 
America," 
ended  the 
,t  minister 
in  elegant 


ile. 

I  am 

fou 

are  on 

so 

that  I 

, 

With  a 

oor 

of  the 

03 

full  of 

suffering;  "  I  am  the  only  man  of  the  New  World  who  can  raise  his  hand 
to  God  and  say,  '  I  havo  not  a  friend,  not  one,  in  America! ' "  "  Who 
ore  yon ?"  he  cried.  ' '  Your  name ? "  "My  name  is  Benedict  Arnold. ' ' 
Would  that  our  modem  traitors  had  the  same  vulture  at  their  vitals  as 
in  the  early  days  of  the  Republic,  when  treason  was  made  odious  with- 
out the  oid  of  politicians. 

li  West  Point  and  its  fortiticaticms  had  passed  at  that  time  into  the 
hands  of  the  enemy,  it  would  be  diificult  to  say  what  disaster  might 
have  befallou  our  arms;  but,  through  all  those  dai'k  days,  when  the 


THE  HIGFILAND  HOUSE   GARRISON,  N.  Y. 
G.  F.  Gabkison,  Owner  and  Proorletor. 
American  army  literally  tracked  their  way  with  blood  through  the  snows 
of  seven  winters,  it  seemed  as  if  the  matter  wa.s  entirely  in  the  hands  of 
Divine  Providence;    and  that  the  words  of  Pntrick  Henry  were  evoi-y 
day  verified:  "There  is  a  just  God,  who  presides  over  nation?  " 

As  we  have  before  stated,  tha  station  Garrison,  on  the  Hudson  Elver 
Railroad,  is  directly  opposite  West  Point,  and  about  half  a  mile  from 
the  depot  is  the  Highland  House,  standing  on  a  magnificent  plateau. 

4°  . 


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We  call  attention  to  the  fact  that  this  is  not  the  Highland  House  near 
Gozzcn's,  neither  is  it  the  little  house  at  the  ferry  crossing,  as  unplea- 
sant mistakes  have  sometimes  been  made,  but  "  The  Highland  House," 
about  four  hundred  feet  above  the  river,  approjmately  named,  lying  in 
the  very  centre  of  the  Highlands.  Its  proprietors  nro  descendants  of 
the  family  who  lived  here  in  the  time  of  the  Revolution,  from  whom 
the  ferry  and  landing  took  their  name.  The  house  1ms  been  receutly 
enlarged  to  almost  double  its  former  capacity.     Its  luoation  is  certainly 


INDIAN  FAUiS,  NEAB  HIGHLAHi)   nODSB,  OABBIBON,  N.  T. 

one  of  the  finest  along  the  river.  The  plateau  is  inclosed  by  the  North 
Redoubt  and  South  Redoubt  Mountains,  reaching  from  Sugar-Loaf  and 
Anthony's  Nose  on  the  south,  to  Breakneck  on  the  north. 

Wander  where  you  will,  the  surrounding  mountains  abound  with 
wild  and  picturesque  glens.  Poet,  artist,  novelist,  and  historian,  all 
who  find  books  ia  running  brooks,  continually  add  tJieir  testimony  to 
the  aootimnlftting  evidence.    In  brief,  all  who  wish  to  spend  a  summer 

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pleasantly  and  profitably  will  find  the  "Highland  House"— a  out  of 
which  is  hero  given— one  of  the  finest  family  hotels  on  the  Hudson 
River.  Its  location  is  picturesque  and  healthy,  on  higher  ground  than 
West  Point,  and  commanding  a  full  view.  The  scenery  and  drives  of 
the  Highlands  ai-e  very  #ne. 

About  a  mile  and  a  half  to  the  nox-th,  in  a  picturesque  glen,  are  In- 
dian Falls,  well  known  to  artists,  and  by  them  made  familial*  to  those 
who  never  had  the  opportunity  of  visiting  one  of  the  prettiest  little 
points  of  scenery  on  the  Hudson.  It  is  impossible  to  condense  their 
beauty  into  a  single  sketch,  but  we  present  the  above  cut  as  an  index- 
hand  pointing  the  tourist  to  the  real  beauty  of  which  any  representation 
would  be  only  a  shadow.  With  a  book  of  poems  in  hand,  or  a  walking 
romance  on  one's  arm,  we  imagine  a  summer's  day  would  glide  by,  "as 
golden  hours  on  angel  wings." 

fhe  Glen  Falls  are  only  half  a  mile  distant;  and,  added  to  this 
blended  history  and  beauty,  all  over  this  eastern  bank  there  are  local 
legends — unclaimed  children  of  history — waiting  for  their  relationship 
to  be  acknowledged.  Surely  there  is  no  place  where  the  history  of  our 
country  can  be  studied  with  greater  interest  than  among  these  wild 
fastnesses,  where  Freedom  found  protection. 

CoNSTiTUTibN  Point. — A  short  distance  above  West  Point  Landing 
the  steamer  turns  a  right  angle.  On  the  east  bank,  almost  opposite, 
known  as  Coustitutiou  Island,  lives  Miss  Susan  Warner,  author  of 
"Queechy"  and  "The  Wide,  Wide  World,"  of  which  latter  work 
40,000  copies  were  sold  in  the  United  States.  On  this  point,  or  island, 
ruins  of  the  old  fort  are  still  seen.  It  was  once  called  Martalaer's 
Bock  Island.  * 

Cold  Sfbimq. — ^A  little  to  the  north,  also  on  east  bank,  is  the  village 
of  Cold  Spring,  which  received  its  name  very  naturally  from  the  fact 
that  there  was  a  cold  spring  in  the  vicinity.  A  short  distance  north  of 
the  village  we  see 

Undebciifp,  the  home  of  the  poet  Morris,  now  owned  by  his  son. 
It  lies,  in  fact,  under  the  diffeoBi  shadow  of  Mount  Taurus,  and  has  a 

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fine  outlook  upon  the  river  and  surrounding  mountains.  Standing  on 
tbe  piazza,  we  see  directly  in  front  of  us  Old  Cro'  Nest;  and  it  was  od 
this  piojtza  that  the  poet  wrote 

"  Wliero  lludiioii's  wuve  o'er  silvery  giuidg 
Winds  tlii'oiigli  tlie  liilla  iifiir, 
Old  Cru'  NfM  like  a  monarch  stands, 
i'ymrnfil  wUh  a  aiiiijte,  .itar." 


^ 


OliD    CBO     NKST. 
(From  Itossing'8  "Hudsou,  from  the  Wilderness  to  the  Sea/') 

It  in  said  that  Mrs.  Morris  was  the  original  of  that  beautiful  character 
painted  by  Washington  Ii-ving,  in  his  charming  essay,  "The  Wife." 

Old  Cko'  Nest  is  the  first  mountain  above  West  Point,  and  1418  feet 
high.  Its  name  was  given  from  a  circular  lake  on  the  summit,  suggest- 
ing by  its  form  and  solitary  location  a  nest  among  the  mountains,  and 

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a  1418  feet 
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itains,  and 


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this  fancy  soon  gave  a  name  to  the  entire  mountain.  This  mountain  is 
also  intimately  aasociated  with  poetry,  as  the  scene  of  Rodman  Drake's 
"  Culprit  Fny":— 

"  "fin  the  middle  wntch  of  a  summer  night, 
Tlie  fiirth  JH  diiik,  hut  thii  huiiveim  lire  hrit;ht, 
The  liiouii  hiok«  down  mi  Old  Cro'  NuBt  — 
_  She  MieUowB  ihu  tiliudu  on  h'm  bhiiggy  hieuBt, 

And  BffiiiH  hia  huge  grey  form  to  llirow 
In  a  ailver  cone  ou  the  wave  helow," 

Stobm  King,  to  the  north  of  Cro'  Nost,  is  the  higlicwt  peak  of  the 
Higlilauds,  being  1800  feet  above  tido  water.  Its  first  name  was 
KUnkersborg,  alterwiird  called  Butter  Hill,  and  chrLsteuod  by  Willis 
Storm  King.  This  mountain  forme  the  northern  portal  of  the  High- 
lands, on  the  west  side.  Breakneck  is  opposite,  on  the  east  side,  where 
St.  Anthony's  Face  was  blasted  away.  In  this  mountain  solitude  there 
was  a  shade  of  reason  in  giving  that  solemn  countenance  of  stone  the 
name  of  St.  Anthony,  as  a  g(jod  rc^ia-esentution  of  monastic  life;  and, 
by  a  qiiiet  sarcasm,  the  full-length  nose  below  was  probably  thus  sug- 
gested. 

The  Highlands  now  tr<>nd  oflP  to  the  northeast,  and  we  see  the  New 
Beacon,  or  Gniud  Siu'hem  Mountain,  1685  feet  high,  and  abotit  half  a 
mile  to  the  north,  the  Old  B<«con,  1471  feet  in  height.  The.se  moun- 
tains woro  used  for  signal  .stations  during  the  Revolution.  They 
were  called  by  the  Indiana  the  Matteawan,  and  the  whole  range  Oi 
Highlands  were  sometimes  referred  to  as  tho  Wcqiiehachko,  or  the  Hill 
Country.  It  was  also  believed  by  the  Indians  that,  in  ancient  days, 
"before  tho  Hud.son  poured  its  waters  from  tho  lakes,  the  Highlands 
formed  one  vast  prison,  within  whose  rocky  bosom  the  omnipotent 
Manito  confined  the  rebellious  spirits  who  repined  at  his  control. 
Here,  bound  in  adamantine  chains,  or  jammed  in  rifted  pines,  or 
crushed  by  ponderous  rocks,  they  groaned  for  many  an  age.  At  length 
the  conquering  Hudson,  in  ita  career  toward  the  ocean,  burst  open  their 
prison-house,  rolling  its  tide  triumphantly  through  the  stupendous 
ruins."    An  idea  quite  in  accordance  with  modem  science.      ( 

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II 


max^mamms?- 


The  Bteamor  ia  now  pussiug  close  to  tho  biiBo  of  old  Storm  King, 
and  wo  get  u  fluo  view  of  tliia  mouutaiu  rock,  with  sidcH  ull  si'tUTod 
ami  toru  by  storma  iiml  lightning.     Aliuo«t  boforo   uh,  to  t]w  right, 

wo    BOO 

Polui'i;i.'h  Island,  Hupvoscd  by  the  ludiium  to  bo  ii  Hiipernatiu-iil 


X7FFEB  ENTBANOE  TO  THE  HIGHLANDS,  FBOM  COBNWALL  liANDING. 

(From  LoBHlug's  "HucIhou,  IVoiu  tho  Wilderness  to  tho  Sou.") 
■pot.     The  island,  however,  has  a  littlo  romauco  connected  with  ib, 
which  is  decidedly  supernatural.     Some  fair  Katiina  of  the  ueigUbor- 
hood,  a  great  many  years  ago,  was  beloved  by  a  farmer's  lad.     She  re- 
ciprocates, but,  by  coquettish  art,  was  playing  the (sad  aavoc)  with 

»  young  minister's  affections.     One  w  'nter  evening,  minisicr  and  Ka- 

45 


V- 


m  King, 

1   Hl'tU'l'Oll 

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crnutiu'iil 


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>(DINO. 

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avoc)  with 
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trina  were  driving  on  the  ico,  near  this  iBlond.  The  farnior  «  sou  very 
naturally  was  alBO  driving  in  tlio  b<ui,c  vicinity.  Tho  ico  broke.  aaU 
miniBtcr  and  young  lady  were  reacuo.l  by  tho  bold  youth.  Tho  minister 
discovers  that  Kutrina  and  young  Ilendrich  both  lovo  each  other  and 
there,  under  tho  moonlight,  on  that  Hupornatural  i«laud,  with  solemn 
ceremony,  unites  them  in  bonds  of  holy  iaatrim<.ny.  It  .,ught  henceforth 
and  forever  to  bo  called  tho  ' '  Lover.'  Island. "  This  pleasing  story  pre- 
Bonts  tt  strong  contrast  to  tho  sad  fato  of  a  wedding-party  at  tho  Dans- 
kammer  Bock,  to  which  we  shortly  refer.  Wo  uro  now  ncanng  the 
pleasant  village  of 

CoBNWALi-ON-THE-IIuDHOK,  tho  locality  N.  P.  Willis  Selected  as  tho 
most  healthy  and  pietiucsquo  point  of  tho  Hudson.  Tho  village  lies  in 
a  lovely  valley  which  Mr.  Beach  has  styled,  in  his  able  doscnption,  "as 
nn  off-shoot  of  tho  Bamapo  up  which  tho  storm  winds  of  tho  ocean  drive 
laden  with  the  purest  and  freshest  air.  Sweeping  through  tho  Moodna, 
they  come  to  us  in  all  their  delicious  sweetness,  driving  before  them  and 
beyond  them  all  impurities  and  poisonous  exlialations. "  From  tlie  Corn- 
wali  und  West  Point  Moiuitain  road,  (which  wo  referred  to  while  speak- 
ing of  West  Point),  we  get  tiio  best  idea  of  tho  topography  of  this  shel- 
tered valley  and  the  Cornwall  of  the  interior,  a  running  village  of  pleas- 
ant residences  and  villas  about  two  miles  in  length.  Idlewild,  with  its 
pleasant  glen  and  sunny  slope,  has  a  beautiful  location  in  the  very  cen- 
tre of  this  charming  landscnoo  and  is  ono  of  tho  points  to  bo  visited. 
Cornwall  is  also  tho  homo  of  the  Eev.  E.  P.  Boe,  a  gentleman  who  has 
achieved  marked  success  in  two  departments.  ICnown  to  tho  world  at 
large  as  a  successtul  author  whose  works  have  had  a  sale  of  100,000  cop- 
ies during  the  last  four  years,  with  a  continually  increasing  demand,  ho 
is  also  known  in  the  department  of  fruit  culture  as  the  most  successful 
in  our  State.  It  will  be  remembered  that  he  took  the  first  premium  for 
the  best  and  largest  collection  at  the  Now  York  Horticultural  Society  8 
Show  of  Strawberries  and  Boses  at  Gilmore's  Garden,  and  we  have  seea 
it  announced  recently  that  he  sold  last  sprmg  over  a  million  of  i> Uinta  of 

various  kinds.  „   ,t  -.r    i       u  r      lu 

The  Glen  ErooE  House,  of  Cornwall,  N.  Y.,  has  been  open  for  the 
a«JCOimnodation  of  summer  giiests  for  the  past  20  years  under  tho  some 

46 


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nsAmk^mnMym^m  »-ii"  w^.^  x.i^4i0tmmm  'm^mf<'MW^l^^^&^l^^^^^'^^  ■■"• 


manugement.  It  Jins  recently  been  greatly  enlarged,  and  has  introduced 
modern  improvements  in  tlio  •way  of  gas,  water,  spring  mattresses,  &c. 
Accommodates  250  guests,  and  is  open  from  May  Ist  to  November  1st  of 
each  year.  There  are  40  acres  of  oj)en  grounds  about  the  house  and 
cottages,  -with  glens,  shaded  walks,  &c.  Half  a  mile  from  the  river,  fine 
river  and  mountain  views,  and  beautiful  walks  and  drives.  Fruit,  milk, 
vegetables,  &c. ,  produced  on  the  grounds  a  specialty  ;  horses,  carriages, 
stages,  &c.,  belor  ging  to  the  house.  Terms,  from  twelve  to  fifteen  dol- 
lars per  week.     James  G.  Eoe,  Proprietor,  Cornwall,  N.  Y. 

Newbukou. — As  we  nijproach  the  city  of  Ncwburgh,  the  toiirist  will 
see  a  building  of  rough  stone,  one  stoiy  high,  ^\ith  steep  roof — known  as 
Washington's  hoad-quartcrs,  or  the  old  "Ilasbrouck  house,"  as  it  was 
owned  by  Jonathan  Hasbrouck,  in  17S2,  when  Washington  made  this 
city  his  head-quartors,  (from  the  spring  of  1782  until  Augubt  18th,  1783. ) 
The  house,  or  at  least  the  older  portion,  was  built  in  1 750,  and  here,  in 
the  early  part  of  the  Ecvolution,  public  meetings  were  held,  and  through- 
out the  war  it  -^aa  a  central  point,  as  Hasbrouck  was  a  man  of  marked 
character  and  Colonel  of  the  militia,  and  in  frequent  service  in  guarding 
the  Highland  passer.  It  will  also  bo  remembered  that  it  was  here  that 
Washington  was  invited  to  assume  Kingship,  which  proposition  he  re- 
jected with  scorn,  and  it  is  also  said  that  the  rank  and  file  of  tho  Army 
rose  up  against  it,  and  around  their  camp  fii'cs  chanted  the  old  song 
which  shewed  they  were  men  of  tho  Cromwell  stamp — 

"  !No  King  but  God." 
It  was  here,  also,  that  the  army  was  advised  to  revolt,  as  Congress  had 
not  voted  supplies,  and  a  meeting  was  advised  by  an  anonymous  letter, 
but  the  trouble  w.is  arrested  by  the  touching  address  and  appeal  of 
Washington.  His  first  sentence  is  remembered  by  every  on'\  He  com- 
menced to  rend  Lis  manuscript  -without  glasses,  but  was  compelled  to 
stop,  and  as  he  adjusted  them  to  his  eyes,  he  said,  "You  sec,  gentlemen, 
that  I  have  not  only  grown  gray,  but  blind,  in  your  service. "  It  is  need- 
less to  say  that  tho  "anonymously  called"  meeting  was  not  held.  It 
^^a8  here,  also,  that  the  army  T,as  disbanded,  and  the  farewell  orders  of 
Washington  read. 

But  it  would  bo  impossible  to  condense  into  the  narrow  pages  of  a 

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1 


THE  BALDWIN  HOUSE, 


.\     WUVKUIl,  OKASeE  tO.,  .\.  ■»  • 

Guaranteed  to  be  the  beot  appointed  Hotel  on  the  Hudson  River  between 
New  York  and  Albany.  It  contains  all  modern  improvements,  commanding  a 
fine  view  of  the  Hudson  from  West  Point  to  New  Hamburgh.  Ground  203  feet 
above  tide-water.  For  beauty,  extent  and  variety  of  scenery,  it  cannot  be  sur- 
passed. House  large  and  commodious ;  pleasant,  shaded  grounds,  325  feet 
Piazza,     Open  summer  and  winter. 

FREE  BUS  to  and  from  the  House.    Five  minutes  drive  from  steamboat 

landing. 

The  ONLY  FIRST-CLASS  HOTEL,  in  Newburgh. 

Transient  Board,  $2.00  per  day;  $8.00  to  $12  per  week.     Special  rates  to 

Families. 

Tourists  coming  to  Newburgh  to  visit  Washington's  Head-quarters  can  take 
Dinner  at  the  House,  and  then  ride  from  House  to  Head-quarters,  have  30  min- 
utes there,  and  return  to  landing  in  time  for  down  Roat.     Bus  charge  only  lOc. 
Those  not  wishing  Dinner  will  find  Bus  on  dock  for  Head-quarters.    Fare  10c. 
SiMIIXH    &    ^rAI^XEKIttlBE,  Proprietor*. 
Look  out  for  the  Baldwin  House  Bus.  .        ' 


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general  Guide  the  many  facts  of  interest  which  cluster  about  these  old 
■walls.  We  will  only  present  a  brief  sketch  of  what  the  visitor  will  see 
to-day  w  ><<  spends  an  hour  or  more  among  the  relics  of  a  hundred  years 
ago,  u"d  ^e  will  refer  the  reader  for  more  particular  information  f/)  tlie 
catalog  of  manuscripts  and  relics,  to  be  had  of  the  Superintendent  of 
the  hous3,  pubUshed  by  Mr.  E.  M.  Ruttenber,  who  has  done  much  for 
the  Hudson  Valley,  and  Orange  County  in  particular. 

The  Head-quarters  are  about  one-half  mile  from  the  Landing,  and  the 
tasty  park  which  encloses  it,  well  filled  with  trees,  affords  cheerful  shade 
and  ' '  cool  comfort "  to  the  visitor.  It  retains  a  few  warlike  suggestions, 
in  the  shape  of  cannon  and  artillery,  of  modern  construction,  and  the  grave 
of  Uzal  Knapp,  the  last  of  Washington's  Life  Guards,  The  grounds 
consist  of  five  acres,  and  command  a  fine  view  of  the  Highlands  and  the 
River  north  and  south. 

The  room  that  we  enter  by  the  front  porch,  abounds  with  relics  in  the 
shape  of  old  pictures,  parchments,  manuscripts,  many  of  which  are  very 
valuable,  Li  the  room  on  the  right  the  visitor  will  register  his  name, 
and  add  one  to  the  235,000  signatures  who  have  gone  this  way  before 
him.  In  the  room  beyond  this  to  the  right,  is  an  old  piano,  of  most  har- 
monious discord,  only  119  or  120  yeirs  old.  In  the  room  opposite  this, 
are  swords  and  muskets  of  different  styles  and  patterns,  each  with  its 
own  history  of  the  long  struggle.  The  fire-place,  open  to  the  sky,  is  of 
the  antique  pattern,  and  it  requires  no  great  stretch  of  the  imagination 
to  surround  ft  with  the  old  heroes  that  were  here  gathered  a  century  ago. 
Newburgh  can  indeed  be  proud  of  this  Thesaurus,  or  Treasure  house  of 
the  century.  The  city  rises  from  the  river  in  a  succession  of  terraces — 
has  a  population  of  about  twenty  thousand— was  settled  by  the  Pala- 
tines, in  1708, 

FisHKiLL  Landing  and  Matteawan,  directly  opposite,  pleasantly  lo- 
cated under  the  Fishkill  ^lountains.  One  mile  south  of  FishkiU  Land- 
ing the  Columbia  and  Duchess  Railroad  connects  with  the  Hudson  River, 
and  forms  a  direct  route  to  Hartford  via  the  Connecticut  Western  Rail- 
road from  Millerton;  but  the  route  via  Poughkeepsie  and  Eastern  Rail- 
road is  preferred.  The  view  from  Beacon  Mountain  is  worth  the  ascent, 
and  the  tourist  ought  not  to  neglect  the  opportunity. 

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J. 


HILLSIDES  FOR  TWENTY  MILES— THE  PICTUBKSQXJIL 

"  By  woody  bluff  we  steal,  by  loaniug  lawn, 
By  palace,  village,  cot,— a  sweet  surpriee 
At  every  turn  the  vision  breaks  upon." 

Low  Point,  or  Carthage,  is  a  small  village  on  the  east  bank,  about 
four  miles  north  of  Fishkill.  It  was  called  by  the  early  inhabitants 
Low  Point,  aa  New  Hamburgh,  two  miles  to  the  north,  was  called  High 
Point.  Almost  opposite  Low  Point,  on  the  west  bank,  is  a  large  flat 
rock,  covered  with  cedars,  known  as  the 

DtnrvEii's  Dans  Kammeb. — Here  Hendrich  Hudson,  in  his  voyage  up 
the  river,  witnessed  an  Indian  pow-wow — the  first  recorded  fireworks 
in  a  country  which  has  since  delighted  in  rockets  and  pyrotechnic  dis- 
plays. Here,  too,  in  lalor  years,  tradition  relates  the  sad  fate  of  a 
wedding-party.  It  seems  that  a  Mr.  Hans  Hansen  and  a  Miss  Eatrina 
Van  Voorman,  with  a  few  friends,  were  returning  from  Albany,  and 
disregarding  the  old  Indian  prophecy,  were  all  slain: — 

''  For  none  that  visit  the  Indian's  den, 
Retnrn  nj^iiin  to  tlie  liannts  of  men , 
The  l<nilo  ib  ♦heir  doom!  O  sad  is  their  lot  I  \ 
Beware,  bewar-n  of  the  blood-stniiied  Bpot!" 

Some  years  ago  this  spot  was  al30  searched  for  the  buried  treasures 
of  Captain  Kidd,  and  we  know  of  one  river  pilot  who  still  dreams  semi- 
yearly  of  the  (?  finding  countless  chests  of  gold. 

Two  miles  above,  on  tlie  east  side,  we  pass  New  Hamburgh,  at  the 
mouth  of  Wappinger's  Ci'  ok.  Ths  name  Wappinger  had  its  origin 
from  \A'uhiin,  east,  imd  Aeki,  land.  This  tribe  held  the  east  bank  of 
the  river,  from  Manhattan  to  RoeiiflTo  Jansen's  Creek,  which  empties 
into  the  Hi  sou  near  Livingston,  c  few  miles  south  of  Catskill  Station 
on  the  Hud  u  Eiver  Railroad.  Passing  the  little  villages  of  Hampton, 
Marlborough,  lud  Milton,  on  the  west  bank,  and  we  see  on  the  east 
bank, 

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LoouBT  Gbovb,  residence  of  the  late  Prof.  S.  F.  B.  Morse,  inrentor  of 
the  electric  telegraph,  who  for  all  time  will  receive  the  congratulations 
of  every  civilized  nation,  and  the  Avliole  globe  is  destined  one  day  to 
speak  his  language.  Yes,  the  islands  of  the  sea,  and  the  people  that 
sit  afar  oflf  in  darkness,  are  beginning  to  feel  the  pulses  of  the  world 
through  the  "still  small  voice"  whispering  beneath  ocean  and  river, 
and  across  mighty  continents,  "putting  a  girdle  round  the  earth  in 
forty  minutes,"  Uke  the  fuiry  of  Mvhwnmer-Nighfs  Dream. 

We  now  see  Blue  Point,  ou  the  west  bank;  and,  in  every  direction, 
we  have  the  finest  views.  The  scenery  seems  to  stand,  in  character, 
between  the  sublimity  of  the  Highlands  and  the  tranquil  dreamy 
repose  of  the  Tappan  Zee.  It  is  said  that  under  the  shadow  of  these 
hills  was  the  favorite  ancliorago  of 

The  Stobm  Ship,  one  of  our  oldest  and  therefore  most  reliable 
legends.     The  story  runs  somewhat  as  follows .  Years  ago,  when  New 
YorV  was  a  village— a  mere  cluster  of  houses  on  the  point  noAv  known 
as  the  Battery— when  the  Bowery  was  the  farm  of  Peter  Stuyvesant, 
and  the  Old  Dutch  Church  on  Nassau  Street  (now  used  as  the  post-office) 
was  considered  the  country— when  communication  with  the  old  world 
was  semi-yearly  instead  of  semi-weekly  or  daily— say  one  hundred  and 
fifty  years  ago- the  whole  town  one  evening  was  put  into  great  com- 
motion by  the  fact  that  a  ship  was  coming  up  the  bay.    She  approached 
the  Battery  within  hailing  distance,  and  then,  saiUng  against  both  wind 
and  tide,  turned  aside  and  passed  up  the  Hudson.    Week  after  week 
and  month  after  month  elapsed,  but  she  never  returned;  and  whenever 
a  storm  carae'down  on  Haverstraw  Bay  or  Tappan  Zee,  it  is  said  that 
she  could  be  seen  careening  over  the  waste;  and,  in  the  midst  of  the 
turmoil,  you  could  hear  the  captain  giving  orders,  in  good  Low  Butch; 
but  when  the  weather  was  pleasant,  her  favorite  anchorage  was  among 
the  shadows  of  the  picturesque  hills,  ou  the  eastern  bank,  a  few  miles 
above  the  Highlands.     It  was  thought  by  some  to  be  Hendrich  Hudson 
and  hia  crew  of  the  "Half  Moon,"  who,  it  was  well  known,  had  once 
run  aground  in  the  upper  part  of  the  river,  seeking  a  northwest  passage 
to  China;  and  people  who  live  in  this  vicinity  still  insist  that  under  the 

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oalm  haryefijb  moon  and  the  pleasant  nights  of  Septenaber,  they  see  her 
under  the  bluff  of  Blue  Point,  all  in  deep  shadow,  save  her  topsails 
glittering  in  the  moonlight.  Perhaps  it  was  this  quiet  anchorage  that 
gave  the  name  to 

PouGHKEBPsiE,  Queeu  City  of  the  Hudson, — derived  from  the  Indian 
word  Apokeepsing,  sigiiif  jiug  safe  harbor.  Near  the  landing  is  a  bold 
rook  jutting  into  the  river,  known  as  Kaal  Bock,  signifying  barren 
rock;  and  perhaps  this  also  furnished  a  safe  harbor  or  landing-place  for 
those  days  of  birch  canoes.  It  is  said  there  are  over  forty  different 
ways  of  spelling  Pouglikeepsie,  and  every  year  the  Post-Office  Becord 
gives  a  new  one.  The  first  house  was  built  in  1702  by  a  Mr.  Van  Eleek; 
and  we  believe  the  State  Legislature  held  a  session  here  in  1777  or  1778, 
when  New  York  was  held  by  the  British,  and  Kingston  had  been  burned 
by  Vaughn.  Ten  years  later,  the  State  Convention  also  met  here  for 
ratification  of  the  Federal  Constitution.  (For  further  historical  par- 
ticulars see  Barber's  Historical  Collection  of  New  York,  or  the  State 
Becords.)  The  city  has  a  beautiful  location,  and  is  justly  regarded  the 
finest  residence  city  on  the  river;  and  it  is  not  only  midway  between 
New  York  and  Albany,  but  it  is  also  bounded  by  a  historic  and  poetic 
horizon  midway  between  the  Highlands  and  the  Catskills,  commanding 
a  view  of  the  mountain  portals  on  the  south  and  the  mountain  overlook 
on  the  north — the  Gibraltar  of  Eevolutionary  fame  and  the  dreamland 
of  Bip  Van  Winkle.  The  magnificent  steamers  which  ply  daily  between 
New  York  and  Albany,  thirty  trains  on  the  best-appointed  railroad  in 
the  country,  and  fine  steamers  of  home  enterprise,  make  the  traveling 
facilities  complete.  The  city  has  a  population  of  22,000  inhabitants — 
the  largest  between  the  capital  and  the  metropolis.  In  addition  to  its 
natural  beauty,  Poughkeepsie  is  noted  throughout  our  country  for  refined 
society,  and  as  a  nucleus  of  the  finest  schools  in  our  country. 

Just  before  the  river  boats  land  at  Poughkeepsie  we  see  upon  our 
right,  as  we  come  up  the  river,  a  large  structure,  the  "  Riverview  Mili- 
tary Academy."  It  crowns  a  fine  eminence  looking  off  toward  the 
Highlands  on  the  south,  and  the  Catskills  to  the  north  and  west.  It  is 
most  thoroughly  ventilated,  and  heated  by  steam  throughout.     Water 

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is  accessible  on  every  floor,  and  the  room  of  each  pupil  i«  pleaaant  and 
commodious.  The  views  are  delightful  in  every  direction,  as  will  be 
seen  from  the  cut  here  given.  Mr.  Bisbee  has  met  with  the  mo«t 
marked  success  in  training  boys  for  business,  college,  for  West  Point, 
and  other  militaiy  and  naval  institutions.  In  fact,  ho  works  for  an 
education  which  rosiilts  in  force  of  character— the  true  aim  of  all 
education. 


RiTERViRW  Military  Academy. 

A  wide-awake  thorough-going  School  for  Boys  wishing  to  bo  trained  for  Buflneas,  for  College,  oi 
for  West  Point  or  the  Nnval  Academy. 

OTIS   BISBEE,  A.  M.,  PRINCIPAL  AND   PROPRIETOR. 

We  would  also  mention  "Vassar  College"  and  "Poughkeepsie 
female  Academy,"  the  latter  under  the  rectorship  of  the  Eev.  D.  G. 
Wright,  AM.  It  is  located  iu  the  central  part  of  the  city,  and  has  long 
been  distinguished  for  its  thoroughness  of  instruction  and  carefulness 
of  supervision.  The  buildings  are  ample  and  commodious;  the  rooms 
large,  well  ventilated,  and  furnished  with  regard  to  taste,  oonTenienee, 

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and  homo  comfort.  The  laboratory  is  furnished  with  an  excellent  phil- 
osophical, chemical,  and  BBtronomical  apparatus.  Pupils  are  carried 
through  a  collegiate  course,  or  fitted  to  enter  anj  class  in  Vassar  College. 
For  many  years  this  Academy  has  ranked  among  the  first  in  our  State 
in  edixcational  spirit  and  progress  ;  and  there  are  few  if  any  places,  where 
young  ladies  acquire  a  more  healthy  mental  or  moral  education,  a  more 
finished  and  perfect  symmetry  in  the  development  of  mind  and  heart. 
We  present  a  cut  of  the  Academy  on  tlie  opposite  page. 

Vassab  College  is  not  seen  from  the  river,  and  the  Hudson  Biver 
State  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  a  large  brick  structure,  two  miles  north  of 
Poughkeepsie,  is  often  mistaken  for  it  by  tourists.  If  the  College  had 
been  located  either  north  or  south  of  the  city,  on  some  commanding  site, 
it  would  have  been  one  of  the  finest  landmarks  of  the  Hudson.  Matthew 
Vassax,  the  founder,  accumulated  a  large  fortune  as  a  brewer,  and  left 
behind  him  in  this  stately  structure  and  generous  endowment,  "  a  mon- 
ument more  lasting  than  brass."  The  white  building  above  the  dock,  is 
the  Vassar  Brewery.  The  College  is  two  miles  east  from  the  Landing, 
connected  with  it  by  horse  railroad. 

Eastman  Business  College  is  also  one  of  the  fixed  and  solid  Institu- 
tions of  Poughkeepsie,  located  in  the  vei^  heai't  of  the  city.  It 
has  done  good  work  in  preparing  young  men  for  business,  and 
has  probably  done  more  to  make  Poughkeepsie  a  familiar  word 
in  every  household  throughout  the  land,  than  all  her  other  Institutions 
combined.  It  was  fortunate  for  the  city  that  the  energetic  founder 
of  this  College  selected  the  central  point  of  the  Hudson  as  the 
place  of  all  others  most  suited  for  his  enterprise,  and  equally  fortunate 
for  the  thousand  young  men  who  yearly  graduate  from  this  Institution, 
as  the  city  is  beautifully  located  and  set  like  a  picture  amid  picturesque 
scenery.  Every  department  of  the  College  is  thoroughly  organized,  and 
the  course  of  training  forms  a  good  supplement  to  eA'ery  young  man's 
education.  The  mere  literaiy  student  is  often  launched  upon  the  sea 
of  life  with  very  little  knowledge  of  the  practical.  The  idea  of  "  East- 
man College  "  is  to  teach  the  young  man  what  heneedn  to  know.  The 
College  was  never  more  successful  than  to-day,  and  its  reputation,  like 
the  Pacific  Eailroad,  reaches  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco. 

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We  also  take  pleaiare  in  our  genetal  deaoriptioD  of  Ponghkeepaie,  ia 
referring  the  traveler  to  the  new  Hotel,  the  "  Nelson  House, '•  opened  to 
the  public  in  May,  '76.  Any  city  has  a  right  to  oongratulate  itself  on 
the  possession  of  a  first-olaaa  and  well  managed  "  Honse,"  and  we  speak 
with  safety  the  yerdict  of  trarelers  that  this  is  by  far  the  finest  between 
New  Tork  and  Albany,  and  ranks  with  the  Tery  best  in  the  Oonntry. 


NELSON   HOUSE,    rOVGHKKEPSlE,    N.  Y.    (A.    1'.    IUjACK,    I'KOPIUETOlt. ) 

[Also  proprietor  of  the  Stony  Brook  Hiuipe,  PnlensvlUis  Greene  Co.,  which  baa  recently  been 
erected  aud  fnrulshed  at  an  cxpi  use  of  tweuty-tiv.-  tliousund  dollars.  AccommoUation* 
for  ouo  hundred  and  fifty  boardern.  Elegant  hiH-iMlle  track,  alw)  pi'dcBtriuu  track, 
croqnet  Rround,  trout  pond,  |>olil-iish  pourt,  culfisU  and  eel  jjund,  aud  u  park  ouperior  to 
Central  I'urk— uU  fur  the  aecommudutlou  of  the  gucBtH.J 

Captain  Black  is  well  kuoAvn  for  his  entlmsiasm  and  courtesy,  and  for 
doing  wtiU  ■whatever  he  undcrtakoH.  His  amljition  is  to  make  the  "Nel- 
son House"  equal  to  any  in  the  State.  The  "Nelson  "  has  a  ])lea«ant 
location  on  Market  street,  the  widest  and  jileasantest  thorough I'ai-e  in 
Poughkeepsie,  only  a  short  distance  from  the  post-office,  tclograiA 
office,  and  horse  cars.     The  CoUingwood  Opera  House,  one  of  the  very 

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finest  in  the  State,  is  directly  opposite.   The  Libraiy  and  Y.  TM.  C  A. 
Reading  Itooms  are  also  near  at  hand,  free,  and  open  for  the  public. 

TiiK  PouoHKEEi'SiE  AND  Eahteiin  R.B.  foruis  a  direcft  routo  ttcioss  the 
country,  connecting  the  pleasant  vulleys  of  the  Hiuleni,  the  Housatonic 
and  the  Connecticut  witli  the  Hudson.  The  drives  about  Tough  keepsie 
are  charming  in  every  direction.  On  the  west  is  Lake  Mohouk  and 
Miuiiewaakio,  for  which  point  stages  connect  on  the  arrival  of  the  Day- 
boat  at  Poughkeopsio ;  or  parties  can  secure  livery  of  Mr.  La  Paugh, 
near  the  landing.  The  Hyde  I'ark  drive  is  known  the  world  over  ;  also 
the  ride  over  the  Pouth  Koad  to  New  Hamburg  and  I'lshkill. 

The  Poughkeepsie  Bridge,  a  pier  of  which  will  be  seen  ns  the  steamer 
leaves  the  dock,  wdl,  when  completed,  connect  the  Eastern  States  with 
the  coal  fields  of  Pennsylvania,  and  will  form  a  direct  route  for  Western 
pasaengers.    Wo  clip  the  following  from  the  map  and  jirospectus  : 

"  The  Hudson  Biver  is  one  of  the  great  natural  boundaries  dividing 
tlie  United  States  into  grand  divisions  or  sections.  The  New  England 
States,  east  of  the  Hudson,  including  New  York  City,  contain  one-seventli 
of  the  whole  population  of  the  United  States,  and  control  more  than  one 
half  the  vianufacturimj  of  the  nation.  These  States  iiro  the  most  active 
and  -wealthy,  and  their  Ijusiness  interests  and  capital  are  nearly  ecpial  to 
those  of  all  the  rest  of  the  Union.  The  great  crossing  places  on  the 
Hudson,  over  which  now  passes  all  the  mighty  streams  of  trade  and 
travel  between  this  great  section  of  C(juutry  and  the  wider  and  more  rapidly 
growing  West,  are  but  two:  one  at  Albany  and  Troy,  the  other  at  New 
York." 

A  desoription  of  Poughkeepsie  would  be  incomplete  witliout  reference 
to  the  extensive  manufactory  of  Adriance,  Piatt  &  Co. ,  which  we  see  near 
the  river  bonk  as  we  approach  the  landing.  .  This  firm  commenced  the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  the  Buckeye  Mower,  at  Poughkeepsie,  with 
salesrooms  in  New  York,  in  1857  and  1858.  The  business  has  increased 
and  enlarged  in  their  hands  materially,  and  they  have  attained  such  ex- 
cellence in  the  manufacture  of  their  machines  that  their  reputation  is 
world-wide.  These  products  of  American  skill  have  been  awarded  the 
highest  honors  in  Germany,  Holland,  France,  Belgium,  Sweden,  Norway, 
Italy,  Bussia,  Switzerland  and  the  United  States,  and  are  now  Bold  in  ev- 
exj  paxt  of  the  civilized  globe.        5  5 


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The  Albemarle  Hotel. 

On  the  European  Plan. 

Charmingly  Situated  in  the 

most  central  and  most  beautiful  part 

of  New   York   City. 

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On  the  Bummit  of  the  Shawangunk  Mountains,  7  miles  from  Lake  Mohonk. 


SSS^ISK:-: 


As  the  steamer  leaves  Poughkeepsie,  we  see  New  Paltz  Landing,  al- 
most opposite,  and  Hyde  Park,  on  tlie  East  bank,  six  miles  above  Pough- 
keepsie. Then  Staatsbiirgh  Station,  on  the  east  side ;  and  then  Ehine- 
beck,  ninety  miles  from  New  York.  Bondout,  or  City  of  Kingston,  at 
the  mouth  of  Rondout  Creek,  is  directly  opposite  Ehinebeck  Landing. 
This  is  the  eastern  end  of  the  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal,  and  the  point 
of  departure  for  the 

OVEBLOOK  Mountain  Hoose,  which  we  can  distinguish  from  the  deck 
of  the  steamer,  near  the  summit  of  Overlook  Mountain.  The  elevation 
of  this  hotel  is  five  hundred  feet  higher  than  any  other  on  the  Catskills, 
or  in  the  State,  and  the  view,  from  the  hotel  embraces  an  area  of  30,000 
square  miles.  To  the  east  the  valley  reaches  away  with  its  towns  and 
villag-s  ti  the  blue  hills  of  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut,  and  through 
this  beautiful  valley,  the  Hudson  for  a  hundred  milei,  is  reduced  to  a 
mere  ribbon  of  light.  The  house,  completed  in  the  Spring  of  1878,  is 
well  furnished,  heated  by  steam,  lighted  with  gas,  connected  with  the  out- 
side world  by  telegraph,  and  two  mails  daily.  Echo  Lake  and  tlie  pic- 
turesque falls  of  the  Plattekill,  are  respectively  one  mile  and  a-half  and 
three  miles  distant.  The  traveler  will  take  the  Ulster  and  Delaware 
Road  from  Rondoiit  to  West  Hurley,  where  the  pleasant  stages  of  the 
"  Overlook"  are  in  waiting  for  evexy  train. 

RmNEBECK  is  two  miles  from  Rhinecliflf  Landing,  and  is  one  of  the 
finest  towns  in  Duchess  County.  It  was  named,  as  some  say,  by  com- 
bining two  words — Beekman  and  Rhine.  Others  say  that  the  word  beck 
means  cliif,  and  the  town  was  so  named  from  the  resemblance  of  the  cUffs 
to  those  of  the  Rhine. 

The  De  Garmo  Institute,  at  Rhinebeck,  Prof.  De  Garmo  Principal  and 
Proprietor,  is  one  of  the  most  thorough  and  complete  of  Academies,  and 
is  always  full.     Its  Classical  and  Scientific  Departments  are  superior. 

RoNDorrr  had  it  j  derivation  from  the  redoubt  that  was  built  on  the  banks 
of  the  creek.  The  creek  took  the  nr.me  of  Redoubt  Kill,  afterward  Eun- 
dout,  and  then  Rondout.  The  old  town  of  Kingston  was  once  called  Es- 
opus,  on  Esopus  Creek,  which  flows  north  and  empties  into  the  Hudson, 
at  Saugerties.  The  Indian  name  for  Kingston  was  At-kar-kai-ton,  (the 
great  plot  or  meadow,  on  which  they  raised  com  or  beans). 

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THE  CATSKILLS— BEAUTY.      . 

"  And  Boon  tlie  CatekilU  print  the  distant  sky,  ^ 

And  o'er  their  airy  topg  the  faint  clouds  driven, 
Bo  softly  blending  that  the  cheated  eye 
Now  questions  which  is  earth  or  which  is  heaven." 

We  have  now  approached  the  fifth  division  of  our  river,  guarded  by 
the  most  classic  range  of  mountains  in  our  country.  By  a  natural 
ascendancy  they  have  many  counties  of  the  Hudson  under  their  juris- 
diction— Ulster,  Greene,  and  Albany,  on  the  west  bank;  and  Duchess, 
Columbia,  and  Eensselaer,  on  the  east. 

The  first  jjlace  above  Ehineclifif,  oar  last  landing:,  is  the  village  of 

Baeexiown,  on  the  east  bank,  ninety-eix  miles  from  New  York.  It  is 
said,  when  Jackson  waa  President,  and  tliis  village  wanted  a  post-office, 
that  ho  ,vould  not  allow  it  under  tlif  name  of  Barrytown,  from  personal 
dislike  to  General  Barrj,  and  suggested  another  name.  But  the  people 
were  loyal  to  their  old  friend,  and  wejii  withotU  a  post-office  until  a  new 
administration.  The  rime  Barrytown,  therefore,  stands  as  a  monu- 
ment to  pluck.  The  place  is  known  among  the  old  settlers  as  Lower 
Bed  Hook  Lauding. 

Saugebties.-  -The  first  landing  above  Ehinebeck  is  at  Saugei-ties.  The 
Pier  is  nearly  |  of  a  m^Vi  in  length,  almost  as  long  as  the  one  at  Piermont. 
It  was  completed  in  the  spring  of  1877,  and  "  opened  up  "  with  an  excur- 
sion, the  first  trip  of  tho  Day  Boat.  The  village  is  about  a  irile  from  the 
Landing,  a  town  of  about  6,000  inhabitant  i,  tho  largest  in  Ulster  County. 

TivoLi  is  almost  opposite  Saugerties,  and  connected  with  it  by  ferry. 
One  of  the  mansions  of  the  old  Livingston  family  is  near  the  village. 

Gekmantown,  105  miles  A-om  Kew  York,  is  on  the  east  side.  A  short 
distance  above,  the  Eoeliffe  Jansens  Kill  flows  into  the  Hudson.  This 
stream,  called  bytheLjdians  the  Sankpenak,  was  the  boundary  between 
the  Wappingers  on  the  south  and  the  Mohegang  on  the  north.  Near 
its  mouth  is  the  old  Claremont  estate — the  original  Livingston  manor. 
Here  Fulton's  i^roject  foiind  special  favor,  and  he  was  materially  aided 
by  the  sympathy  and  generosity  of  Chancellor  Livingston.  The  fi/st 
steamboat  on  the  Hudson  made  its  first  trip  the  early  part  of  September, 

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1807,  and  was  called  the  "Claremont"  as  a  testimonial  of  gratitude. 
The  trip  from  NeAv  York  to  Albany,  in  thoae  "good  old  days,"  took 
ahmit  forty  hours  {vide  Lossing's  "  Wilderness  to  the  Sea.") 

Catskill  Landing  is  just  above  the  mouth  of  the  Catskill,  or  Kau- 
terskill  Creek.  It  is  said  that  the  Creek  and  mountains  took  their  name 
from  the  following  fact :  It  is  known  that  each  tribe  had  a  totemia 
emblem,  or  inide  banne"  ;  the  Mohegans  had  the  wolf  as  their  emblem, 
and  some  say  that  the  word  Mohegan  means  the  enchanted  wolf. 
(The  Lenni  Lenapes,  or  Delawares,  at  the  Highlands,  hail  the  turkey 
as  theii-  totem.)  Catskill  was  the  southern  boundary  of  the  Mohegans 
on  the  west  bank,  and  here  they  set  up  their  emblem.  It  is  said,  from 
this  lact.  the  stream  took  the  name  of  the  Kaaters-kill.  The  large  cat 
and  wolf  were  at  least  similar  in  appearance,  from  the  mai'k  of  King 
Aepgin  in  his  deed  to  Van  Eensselaer.  Perhaps,  however,  the  moun- 
tains at  one"  time  abounded  in  these  animals,  and  the  emblem  may  be 
onlj'  a  coincidence. 

Peospect  Pakk  Hotel. — The  first  thing  that  attracts  our  attention 
as  the  steamer  nears  the  landing,  is  a  fine  hotel,  well  known  to  the 
public  throiigh  a  successful  ten  years'  adminsti-ation — the  Prospect 
Park  Hotel :  L.  F.  Bogardus,  Proprietor.  This  plateau,  two  hundred 
and  fifty  feet  above  the  river,  is  appropriately  named  ;  for,  as  you  .sit  on 
the  broad  piazza  which  almost  suiTounds  the  hotel,  you  can  see  to  the 
south,  the  valley  of  the  Hudson  for  thirty  miles— the  "Man  in  the 
Mountain,"  and  the  whole  range  of  the  Catskills ;  to  the  north  and 
northeast,  the  Green  Mountains  of  Vermont,  and,  whichever  way  you 
look,  it  seems  as  if  the  river  lay  at  your  feet.  The  gi'ounds  are  twenty 
acres  in  extent,  and  are  well  adapted  to  the  chief  design.  Guests  can 
find  either  shade,  sunshine  or  quiet.  It  was  first  opened  in  1870,  and 
within  these  ten  years  the  proprietor  has  been  compelled  to  enlarge 
it  to  more  than  treble  its  former  capacity.  The  main  building  is 
now  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet  front,  with  wing  one  hundred  and  fifty 
feet  by  forty.  There  are  three  hundred  and  seventy  feet  of  two-storied 
piazza,  sixteer  feet  wide,  supported  by  Corinthian  pillars  twenty-five 
feet  high.    We  think  it  is  safe  to  say  that  it  is  the  most  airy  and  cheer- 

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/ul  hotel  on  the  river  bank  between  New  York  and  Albany.  Like 
Aladdin's  Palace  it  sprung  up  all  at  once,  white  and  beautiful,  and  gave 
life,  as  it  were,  to  the  whole  landscape.  It  is  one  of  the  few  hotels  that 
had  the  good  fortune  to  become  prominent  all  at  once;  and  this  popu 
larity  Avas  not  accidental,  but  owing  to  many  causes:  its  fine  location — 
its  enchanting  views — its  splendid  management.  Moreover,  the  fresh 
bracing  air  from  the  Catskills  makes  Catskill  one  of  the  pleasantest 
places  to  spend  the  heat  of  the  &aiumer,  or  the  noontide  of  the  year; 


IRVING  HOUSE,  H.  A.  Pekson,  Proprietor. 

Free  Omnibus  nraning  from  the  House  to  nil  Boatr  ami  TraiD*. 

and,  indeed,  a  snmn.er  tour  is  not  complete  unless  wg  pay  Catskill 

a  visit.     'Prospect  Pnrk  stages  and  caniagea  meet  passengers  at  the 

landing. 

Catskill  VuiiiAGE. — The  old  Adllage,  with  its  Main  Street,  lies  along 
tiie  valley  of  the  Catskill  Creek,  not  quite  a  mile  from  the  Caxiseway 
Landing,  and  preserves  some  of  the  features  of  the  davf^  when  Knicker- 
hocJeei'  was  accixstomed  to  pay  it  an  annual  visit.     Its  location  seems  to 

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have  been  chosen  as  a  place  of  seciirity-— out  of  sight  to  one  voyaging 
up  the  river.  It  has,  however,  grown  rapidly  during  the  last. few  year*, 
and  the  northern  slope  is  covered  with  fine  residences,  all  of  which 
command  extensive  views  of  the  Hudson,  A  now  hotel,  long  needed 
in  the  business  part  of  the  village,  was  built  on  Main  Street  in  1871. 
It  was  appropriately  christened  the  "Irving  House,"  as  Catskill  owes 
a  large  i^art  of  its  present  popularity— probably  more  than  it  imagines 
— to  the  pen  of  Washington  living.  It  is  fitted  up  with  all  the  conve- 
veniences  of  a  first-class  hotel,  and  is  kept  open  during  the  whole  year. 

CATSKiLii  Mountain  Hotjse. — For  miles  up  and  down  the  river,  and 
from  almost  any  point  in  the  six  counties  wo  have  mentioned  as  iinder 
the  jutisdicti  u  of  the  Co  skUls,  wc  can  see  the  "Mountain  House," 
three  thousand  /■  H  above  the  river,  like  a  bit  of  snow  left  on  the  moun- 
tains. This  hotel  is  only  ten  or  eleven  miles  from  the  landing,  and  the 
ride  from  the  village  is  pleasant  and  romantic.  This  hotel  has  been  for 
years  the  favorite  summer  resort  on  the  river,  and  its  popularity  is  con- 
tinually on  the  increase.  No  European  traveler  ever  thinks  of  leaving  it 
unvisited.  The  Catskills  and  Niagara  Falls  are  two  points  knoim  every- 
where. 

These  mountains  are,  indeed,  the  glory  of  the  Hudson,  and  have 
been  poetically  termed,  "the  ever-changing  legendary  Kaatsbeigs." 
They  were  called  by  the  Indians  the  Onti-o-ras,  or  Mountains  of  the 
Sky,  as  they  sometimes  seem  like  clouds  along  the  horizon.  This  range 
of  mountains  was  supposed  by  the  Indians  to  have  been  originally  a 
monster  who  devoure<l  all  the  children  of  the  Eed  Men,  and  that  the 
Great  Spirit  touched  him  when  he  was  going  down  to  the  salt  lake  to 
bathe,  and  here  he  remains.  "Two  little  lakes  upon  the  summit  were 
regarded  as  the  eye*  of  the  monster,  and  these  are  open  all  the  summer; 
but  in  the  winter  th*y  are  covered  witfc  a  thick  crust  or  heavy  film;  but 
whether  sleeping  or  waking,  tears  always  trickle  down  his  cheeks. 
Here,  according  to  Indian  belief,  wan  kept  the  great  treasury  of 
storm  and  sui«^ine,  presided  or**  by  asa  old  squaw  spirit  who 
dwefe  on  th*^  higliost  j)eak  of  the  mountains.  She  kept  day  and 
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manufactured  new  moons  every  month,  cutting  up  the  old  ones  into  itars, 
and,  lilte  the  old  iEolus  of  mythology,  shut  the  windf:  up  in  the  caverns 
of  the  hills."  A  morning  view  from  this  clitT  will  be  remembered  a  life- 
time ;  at  least  we  remember,  as  if  it  were  yesterday,  a  July  morning  three 
years  ago.     We  rose  at  8.80,  at  least  an  hour  before 

"Niglit  miirmured  to  the  morning, — 
Lie  still,  oil  I  lovo,  lie  still." 

Patiently  we  waited  the  sun's  tvdvent,  and  as  the  rosy  dawn  announced 
the  morning  coming  with  "  looks  all  vernal  and  with  cheeks  all  bloom," 
tho  windows  of  the  Mountain  House,  one  after  another,  began  to  reveal 
undreamed  visions  of  loveliness,  and  it  were  really  difficult  to  tell  which 
liad  the  deeper  interest,  the  sun's  rising  in  the  east,  or  the  daughters 
in  the  west.  The  rosy  clouds  of  the  one,  tho  tender  blushes  of  the 
other;  tho  opening  eyelids  of  the  morning,  or  tho  opening  eyelids  of 
innocence;  the  briglit  ambrosial  looks  hanging  far  nnd  wide  along 
the  deep  blue  chiseled  mountain  side,  or  tlie  uncombed  ri[)ples  which, 
like  mountain  streams  receiving  additions  from  other  sources,  would 
probably  become  bouutiful  waterfalls.  In  four  minutes  more  by  solar 
time,  and  the  sun  would  sprinkle  tho  golden  dust  of  liglit  over  the  valley 
of  tlie  Hudson.  The  East  was  all  aglow,  and,  as  we  ttood  musing  the  fire 
burned,  yes,  brighter  and  brighter,  as  if  the  distant  hills  were  an  altar, 
and  a  sacrifice  was  being  offered  up  to  the  God  of  Day.  It  truly  reminded 
one  of  an  Oriental  dry-goods  store,  with  costly  goods  in  the  show-win- 
dows running  opposition  to  the  muslin  and  dimity-filled  window-cases 
in  the  west. 

Cities  and  villages  below  us  sprang  into  being,  and  misty  ahnpen  rose 
from  the  valley,  as  if  Day  hiid  rolled  back  the  stoio  from  the  Sepulcher 
of  Night,  and  it  was  rising  transfigured  to  Heaven.  Adown  R(\il  \.\.\\  the 
river  for  the  distance  of  sixty  miles,  sloojis  and  schooners  drifted  lazily 
along,  while  below  us  the  little 

"  I'errv-boats  pliec| 
Like  Blow  shuttles  through  tlie  sunny  warp 
Of  threaded  silver  from  a  tho'.'satid  brooks." 

Truly  the  Oatskills  were  a  fitting  place  for  the  artist  Cole  to  gather 
inspiration  to  complete  that  beautiful  series  of  paintings,  "  The  Voyage 

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of  Life,"  for  no  finer  monntains  in  all  the  world  overlook  a  finer  river. 
Irving,  in  writing  of  bis  first  voyage  up  the  Hudson,  "  in  the  good  old  times 
before  steamboats  and  railroads  had  annihilated  time  and  space,  and  driven 
all  poetry  and  romance  out  of  travel,"  says:  "But  of  all  the  scenery 
of  the  Hudson  the  Kaatskill  Mountains  had  the  most  witching  effect  on 
my  boyish  imaginotion.  Never  shoU  I  forget  the  effect  upon  me  of  the 
first  view  of  them,  predominating  over  a  wide  extent  of  country, — part 
wild,  woody,  and  rugged,  part  softened  away  into  all  tlie  graces  of  cul- 
tivation. As  we  slowly  floated  along  I  lay  on  the  deck  ond  watched 
them  through  a  long  summer's  day ;  undergoing  a  thousand  mutations 
under  the  magical  effects  of  atmosphere;  sometimes  seeming  to  ap- 
proach; at  other  times  to  recede;  now  almost  melting  into  hazy  distance, 
now  burnished  by  the  setting  sun,  until  in  the  evening  they  printed 
themselves  against  the  glowinj;  sky  in  the  deep  purple  of  an  Italian 
landscape."  On  proceeding  page  wo  presented  a  cat  of  the  Mountain 
House,  fnrnislied  by  Mr.  C.  L.  Beach,  proprietor.  This  favorite  summer 
resort,  so  justly  celebrated  for  its  grand  scenery  and  healthful  atmos- 
phere, will  bo  oppn  from  June  Ist  to  October  1st.  Keady  access  maybe 
had  at  all  times  by  Mr.  Beacli's  stages  connecting  at  the  village  of  Cats- 
kill  with  tho  Ilndson  River  steamboats  and  the  trains  on  the  Hudson 
River  Railroad.  Tw  miles  from  the  hotel  are  tho  Kaaterskill  Falls. 
The  waters  fall  perpendioulurly  1 75  feet,  and  afterward  85  feet  more. 
A  sort  of  nm|iliithoater  behind  tho  ciiscado  is  tlie  scene  of  one  of  Bryant's 

fltiesi  |iiii>||lri  I 

"  from  greens  mid  shades  vvliero  tho  CattersklU  leaps 
From  clifTa  where  the  wood  flowora  dnig;" 

and  wo  recall  the  linos  which  ex|)i-e8S  «(/  l/#jSi»iiM)/  ihn  »rell  /ligh  fatal 

dream  : — 

"  Of  that  dreaming  one 
By  the  base  of  that  icy  steep 
When  over  his  stiffening  limbs  begun 

Tho  deadly  slumbers  of  froat  to  creep. 

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There  pags  the  chasers  of  seal  and  whala, 

With   heu-  weapons  quaint  and  grim, 
Ai'd  biind.4  (if  warriors  in  glittering  raaii, 

A.nd  herdsmen  and  hunters  huge  of  limb, 
There  are  naked  arms  with  bow  and  spoar 

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Thb  Lattbzl  HouflB  has  a  charming  location  near  the  brow  of  the  falli, 
and  a  few  steps  lead  one  to  the  platform  and  stairs  which  command  a 
view  of  both  the  upper  and  lower  falls.  There  ate  many  points  of  in- 
terest within  an  hour's  stroll,  of  a  summer  afternoon — Haines  Falls  and 
Sunset  Rock.  From  the  rock  at  sunset  we  get  a  view  of  the  entire  ex- 
tent of  the  Catskill  Clove.  A  musket-shot  in  the  evening  wakes  the 
echoes,  and,  perhaps,  disturbs  the  repose  of  old  Hendrick  Hudson's 
men,  who  iire  supposed  to  slumber  here  occasionally. 

From  tiie  fine  view  of  the  Falls,  furnished  i)y  the  courtesy  of  the  pro- 
prietor ot  tlie  "Laurel, "  the  reader  will  see  that  the  Kaaterskill  consists 
of  two  falls,  one  almost  above  the  other.  This  stream  is  formed  by  the 
stream  which  flows  from  the  two  lakes  and  Spruce  Creek  which  unites  a 
short  distance  above  the  head  of  the  falls.  One  of  the  plensantest  walks 
which  can  be  made  in  this  mountain  district,  we  can  indicate  from  per- 
sonal experience.  Below  the  stairs  take  the  path  or  trial  which  follows 
the  course  of  the  stream,  and  descend  to  the  regular  road,  which  passes 
through  the  Clove.  There  are  many  fine  "  outlooks, "  and  one  in  par- 
ticular on  the  right  of  the  stream,  which  the  pedestrian  will  not  fail  of 
noting  which  gives  the  entire  view  of  the  fall,  and  the  course  of  the 
stream  which  descends  rapidly  the  entire  way  to  the  "  Clove." 

For  further  description  of  these  points,  and  in  fact  of  all  places  to  be 
seen  in  the  Catskills,  we  refer  the  reader  to  the  new  Catskill  Mountain 
Guide  and  Map,  recently  published  by  Mr.  Walter  Van  Loan,  of  Cats- 
kill  Village.  It  indicates  everything  that  is  worth  dct  ing,  and  the  easiest 
way  to  get  there,  and  is  one  of  the  few  Guides  written  of  any  locality  of 
real  service  to  the  visitor.  It  indicates  the  "Direct  path  to  South  Moun- 
tain," the  "Path  to  Kaaterskill  Falls,"  "Sunset  Rock,  on  South  Moun- 
tain," "Palenville  Outlook  or  High  Rock,"  "Lovers  Retreat— South 
Mountain,"  "Sunset  Rock  and  Bears  Den,  on  North  Mountain,"  "Haines' 
FaUs,"  "Stony  Clove,"  etc. 

And  we  will  further  say  that  the  Laurel  House  is  central  to  a  large 
part  of  this  scenery,  and  the  Hotel,  a  fine  cut  of  which  is  given  on  the 
opposite  page,  is  under  the  eflScient  management  of  Mr.  J.  L.  Schutt, 
and  is  one  of  the  most  popular  in  the  mountain  region  ;  it  will 
aocommodate  250  guests.  Tourists  will  find  an  obliging  agent  at  the 
steamboat  landing,  and  coaches  that  run  direct  to  the  Laurel  House. 

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About  half-way  up  tho  mountain  is  the  place  said  to  be  the  dream- 
land of  Rip  Van  Winkle— tho  greatest  ohuraoter  of  Amoricun  Mythology, 
more  real  than  tho  heroes  of  Homer  or  the  massivo  gods  ot  Olympus. 
And  our  ago  has  reason  to  congratulate  itself  on  tho  iwnaeimion  of  Joweph 
Jefferson  and  John  Rogorn,  wlio  on  tho  stage  and  in  tho  studio  hare 
illustrated  to  the  life  this  master-piece  of  Irving, 

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of  the  Tillage  would  shout  with  joy  whenever  he  approached,  he  aasisted 
at  their  sports,  made  them  playthings,  taught  them  to  fly  kites  and 
shoot  marbles,  and  told  them  long  stories  of  ghosts,  witches  and 
Indians.  Whenever  he  went  dodging  about  tho  village  he  waa  sur- 
rounded by  a  troop  of  them  hanging  on  his  skirts,  clambering  on  his 
back  and  playing  a  thousand  tricks  on  him  with  impunity."  Two 
others  complete  the  group,  Eip  Van  Winkle  on  the  mountains,  and 
Bip  Van  Winkle  returned.    As  mil  be  seen  above,  the  figure  of  Eip  was 

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modelled  from  Mr.  Jefferson,  who  sat  for  his  likeness.  And  as  we  tTim 
away  from  the  Catskills,  with  theii'  visions  of  beauty  and  reality  of  fic- 
tion, we  can  only  say,  don't  fail  to  hear  the  great  actor  when  opportu- 
nity occurs,  don't  fail  to  read  again  the  story  of  Ii'ving,  and  don't 
fail  to  have  the  flnesu  group  of  statuary  in  the  world, — price  twelve 
dollars  each. 

These,  with  the  courtship  of  Ichabod  and  Katrina,  give  an  artistic 
delineation  of  the  comic-tragedy  and  the  tragic-comedy  of  the  Hudson. 
A  fctamp  enclosed  to  John  Bogers,  23  Union  8quai'e,  will  procure  a  fine 
illustrated  catalogue  and  price-list. 

Citskil)  was  for  many  years  the  home  of  Cole,  the  artist;  and  the 
new  reside  lice  of  Church  will  ba  seen  almost  ojiposite,  on  the  east 
bank. 

Hudson,  six  miles  north  of  Oatskill,  was  founded  in  the  year  1784, 
by  thirty  persons  from  Providence,  R.  I.  The  city  is  situated  on  a 
doping  promontory,  bounded  by  the  North  and  South  Bays.  Its  main 
streets,  Warren,  Union  and  Allen,  ran  east  and  west  a  little  more  than 
a  mile  in  length,  crossed  by  Front  street.  First,  Second,  Third,  etc. 
Main  street  reaches  &om  Promenade  Park  to  Prospect  Hill.  The  Park 
is  on  the  bluff  just  above  the  steamboat  landing;  we  believe  this  city 
is  the  only  one  on  the  Hudson  ihat  has  a  Promenade  ground  over- 
looking the  river.  It  commands  a  fine  view  of  the  Catskill  Mountains, 
Mount  Merino,  and  miles  of  the  river  scenery.  The  city  has  always 
enjoyed  the  reputation  of  hospitality,  and  strangers  receive  a  kindly 
welcome.  It  ia  the  western  terminus  of  the  Hudson  and  Boston  Bail- 
road,  which  passes  through  Claverack,  with  its  flourishing  "Hudson 
Biver  Institute,"  and  Philmont  with  its  fine  water  power,  to  Chatham, 
where  connections  axe  made  with  Harlem  Extension  Bailroad  Ipt 
Lebanon  Springs,  and  Boston  and  Albany  Bailroad  for  Pittsfield. 
Passengers  can  reach  either  place  the  same  evening,  or  remain  over 
night  and  take  a  fresh  start  in  the  morning.  The  "  Worth  House," 
about  three  blocks  fr  jm  the  landing  or  depot,  is  the  best  hotel  in  the 
city.  It  has  a  fine  location  on  Warren  street,  and  has  long  been  known 
M  one  of  the  very  pleasantest  and  best  conducted  on  the  Hudson.  Its 
name  ia  aosooiated  with  the  orave  General  Worth  of  the  Mexican  War, 

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for  si2TiiJne.r  tvajvel. 

Ftrst-clcLss  iix  all  ics  cLppointmertts. 

^  deliglvlfuZ  siirmrhc-r  TLome  for 
Families. 

The  sixrrouLrhiLlThg  country  aboJzrhcLs 
■vsritK  hea-utiful  sceizery  and  spUrtdid 
drives. 

CatsKill  MouTLta.ux  ccii  preva,ils. 


All  letters  should  be  audressed  to 

CHAS.    B.    MILLER, 

Manager. 


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■whose  fine  monument  Btands  in  front  of  the  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel,  in  New 
York.  The  Worth  HouBe  is  built  on  the  site  of  the  old  building  where 
the  General  -was  bom.     Charles  B.  Miller,  Proprietor. 

Columbia  White  StTLPEcn  Spbinos.— Only  four  miles  from  the  city 
of  Hudson,  is  the  well-known  Columbia  Wliite  Sulphur  Springs,  -with 
curative  reputation  second  to  none  in  the  United  States,  and  Ave  call  spe- 
cial attention  to  the  analysis  and  statement  on  the  opposite  page. 

Although  but  little  known  prior  to  the  year  1855,  at  which  time  the 
late  Chas.  B,  Nash,  father  of  the  present  proprietor,  purchased  them  and 
opened  a  house  for  the  reception  of  visitors,  the  laat  twenty  years  have 


eOI.USIBIA    SPRINGS    HOUSE.-M.  P.  NASH.  PiiOPniETOB. 

gv.on  them  a  national  reputation,  and  persons  now  come  from  every  port 
of  the  country,  recognizing  the  fact  "  that  the  waters  of  Pharpa  nud  Ab- 
nah"  are  not  as  good  as  the  waters  of  Columbia,  ^'hei'r  medicinal 
properties  are  testified  to  by  scores  of  phyBicians,  and  hundreds  who 
have  been  benefited  and  cured. 

The  hotel  has  a  fine  location,  in  the  midot  of  a  large  woodland  many 
acres  in  extent,  and  wekiiow  of  no  finer  place  for  those  requiring  repose 
and  seeking  relief  from  the  excitement  of  business.  It  is  peculiarly  and 
emphatically  a  place  of  rest.     The  atmosphere  is  pure  and  bracing,  and 

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COLUMBIA    SPRINGS    HOUSE, 

l/l.   T*.   ITASHy   FroprietOT. 
House  Enlarged  to  Accommodate  200  Gnests. 

REFUERISHED,  CARPETED  AND  FRESH  niTINGS  THRODQHOUT. 

Bpriiij?  Bpdn  nnd  Hair  MattressPB  In  every  Room.  Three  and  a-half  hours  from  New  York, 
FlrBt-olu!8  iDUlo  while  holp  cU  tiirough  on  firHt  floor.  Terms,  $.2.00  P<^r  day,  a  deduction 
being  made  for  season  bo>irders  four  or  more  weeks. 

Telearrsph,    I.lTer]r,    Billiards,    Boatlns,   Mnsic,   4m. 

For  Terms,  Full  pnrtlculnrs,  Analysi.",  Ac.  Address, 

M.  p.  NASH,         P.  o.  Box  300,         Hudson,  N.  Y. 

THIS  WATER  is  VThite  Sulphur,  and  i.s  universally  regarded  THE  BEST  COMBINA- 
TION OF  HEALTHY  IXGKEDIKNT3  of  any  in  the  Comitry, 

or  all  Cutaneous  DiKenses,  Kheumatism,  Dvspppsin,  General  Dchility,  Loss  of  Appetite, 
^w.,  it  has  no  equal.  For  any  Disarrangement  of  tlio  Stomach  or  Bowels  it  workH  hke  a  cliurni. 

fj^  The  House  stands  on  high  grounds,  surroniided  by  a  beautiful  Hickory  Grove,  aud 
is  one  of  the  most  healthy  places  in  the  Country  lo  s])end  the  Summer. 


The  following  is  the  Analysis  of  One  Gallon  of  Water: 

Chloride  of  Sodium 84.719  grs. 

do          Potassa 1.193 

do          Magnesia 31.430 

Carbonate  of  Lime 21.794 

Sesqui  Chloride  of  Iron 3.418 

Sulphato  of  Lime G4.941 

Phosphate  of  Soda 2.140 

Hyposulphate  of  Soda , 8.149 

Loss 814 

218.598 
■"Tydropulphuric  Acid 4.491  cubic  inches. 


LETTEE  FEOM  S,  H.  SMITH,  M.  D,,  35  UNION  3QUABE,  N.  Y. 
ilr.  M.  P.  Nash,  Esq., 

Dear  Sir: — The  fi-rro-calcic  Sulpliur  Water  of  Columbia  Springs  is  a  powerful  nltcrative, 
indicated  in  cases  of  metallic  poisoniuji,  neuralgia,  chronic  rheumatism,  laryngitis,  pharyn- 
gitis, catarrhal  affectinUB,  dianhcea,  certain  cutaneous  disorders,  and  the  tendencies  to  these 
and  other  chronic  ailments.  The  j)resenco  of  iron  iu  an  uuusual  form  and  liberal  quantity 
renders  this  water  especinlly  suitabhi  In  cases  requiring  tonic  as  well  as  alterative  treat- 
ment.   I  lose  no  opportunity  of  praising  the  place  as  it  de«en'C8. 

liespect  fully, 
Aug.  1st,  1876.  S.  HANBUBBY  SMITH,  M.  D. 


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the  County  of  Columbia  is  proverbially  healthful.  There  is,  moreover, 
a  quiet  companionship  about  these  old  trees,  for  "To  him  who,  in  the 
love  of  nature,  holds  communion  with  their  visible  forms,  they  speak  a 
various  language,"  a  sort  of  dialect  that  never  wearies  you  ;  a  gentle 
whispering,  punctuated  with  the  song  of  birds. 

Years  ago,  when  we  were  students  at  Claverack,  wo  used  to  wander 
over  the  hills  to  the  Springs,  and  it  seemed  almost  like  returning  home 
when  we  recently  drove  through  the  pleasant  grounds.  We  cannot  speak 
of  it  with  too  much  enthusiasm,  and  we  are  fully  satisfied  that  our  warm- 
est praise  will  be  endorsed  and  applauded  by  every  visitor  and  guest. 

The  drives  are  charming  in  every  direction.  The  road  from  Hudson 
is  in  sight  of  the  river  almost  the  entire  distance,  and  the  drives  through 
Clavernck  and  Kindcrhook  are  unrivaled.  The  Lebanon  Springs  are  of 
easy  access  by  rail ;  also  the  Catskill  Mountains  by  boat  or  cars  to  Cats- 
kill.  Persons  on  route  for  Saratoga  and  the  North,  by  stopping  off  one 
train,  would  find  a  pleasant  drive  and  a  kindly  reception  at  the  hands  of 
Mr.  M.  P.  Nash.  Some  time  ago  we  saw  an  article  clipped  from  the  New 
York  EvunffelM,  and  we  say  with  them :  "  Hail  Columbia ! " 

Athens  is  directly  opposite  Hudson.  An  old  Mohegau  village,  known 
as  Potick,  wns  located  west  of  Athens. 

After  leaving  Hudson  we  pass  Stockport  on  the  east  side,  andOoxsaokie 
on  the  west,  (name  derived  from  Kaak-aki,  ti  place  of  geeae). 

Stutvesant,  ten  miles  north  of  Hudson,  on  the  cast  bank,  onoe  known 
as  Kindcrhook  Point.  The  village  of  Kinderhcok  is  the  finest  in  Colum- 
bia  County,  five  miles  from  the  landing. 

The  villages  of  New  Baltimore  and  Coeymans  are  on  the  west  bank. 
Schodack  Landing  and  Castleton  on  the  east. 

ScHODACK.— The  township  of  Schodack  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  pleas- 
antest  in  the  county  of  K«nsselser,  and  was  the  head-centre  or  capital 
of  the  Mohegan  tribe.  It  has  its  origin  in  the  word  Schoti,  signifying 
fire ;  and  ao.k,  place ;  or  the  place  of  the  ever-burning  council-flrc  of  the 
Mohegan  tribe.  Here  King  Aepgin,  on  the  8th  of  April,  1680,  sold  to 
Van  Rensselcer  "  all  that  tract  of  country  on  the  west  side  of  the  Hud- 
son, extending  from  Beeren  Island  up  to  Smack's  Island,  and  in  breadth 

two  day's  journey. 

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The  Moheoan  Tbibe  originally  occupied  all  the  east  bank  of  the 
Hudson  north  of  Boelifife  Janseii's  Kill,  near  Germantown,  to  the  head 
waters  of  the  Hudson;  and,  on  the  west  bank,  from  Cohoes  to  Catskill. 
The  town  of  Schodack  was  central,  and  a  signal  displayed  from  the  hills 
near  Castleton  could  be  seen  for  thirty  miles  in  every  direction.  After 
the  Mohegans  left  the  Hiidsor,  they  went  to  Westenhook,  or  Housa- 
tonic,  to  the  hills  south  of  Stockbridge;  and  then,  on  invitation  of  the 
Oneidas,  removed  to  Oneida  County,  1785,  where  they  lived  \intil  1821, 
when,  with  other  Indians  of  New  York,  they  purchased  a  tract  of  land 
near  Fox  river,  Minnesota. 

The  Mourder's  Kill  flows  into  the  rludson  just  above  Castleton.  The 
Noi-man's  Kill  flows  into  the  Hudson  a  few  miles  above,  on  the  west  side. 
It  was  called  by  the  Indians  the  Tawasentha,  or  " place  of  many  dead." 

Albany. — Its  site  waa  called  by  the  Indians  Shaunaugh-ta-da,  or  the 
Pine  Plains,  a  name  which  we  still  see  in  Schenectatly.  From  an  old 
book  in  the  State  Library,  wo  condense  the  following  description,  pre- 
senting quite  a  contrast  to  the  city  of  to-day;  "Albany  lay  stretched 
along  the  banks  of  the  Hudson,  on  one  very  wide  and  long  street,  par- 
allel to  the  Hudson.  The  space  between  the  street  and  the  river-bank 
was  occupied  by  gardens.  A  small  but  steep  hill  rose  above  the  centre 
of  the  toAvn,  on  which  stood  a  fort.  The  wide  street  leading  to  the  fort 
(now  State  street)  had  a  Market-Place,  Guard-House,  Town  Hall,  and  an 
English  and  Dutch  Church,  in  the  centre. " 

Tourists  and  travelers  will  be  amply  repaid  in  visiting  the  new  Capitol 
Building  at  the  heatl  of  State  street.  It  is  open  from  nine  in  the  morn- 
ing until  six  in  the  evening.  When  completed  it  will  be  larger  than 
the  Capitol  at  Washington,  and  will  probably  cost  more  than  any 
structure  on  the  American  continent.  The  staii'cases,  the  gi-and  com- 
dors,  the  Hall  of  Eepresentatives,  and  the  Court  of  Appeal  Eoom  (now 
used  for  the  Senate  Chamber)  attest  the  wealth  and  gi'eatness  of  the 
Empire  State.  The  traveler  up  State  street  will  note  the  beautiful 
and  commanding  spire  of  "St.  Paul."  The  Cathedral  is  also  a  grand 
structure.  The  population  of  Albany  is  now  about  80,000,  and  its 
growth  is  due  to  three  causes:  First,  the  capital  was  removed  from  New 

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UNDER     NEW     MANAGEMENT. 

The  Stakwix  is  located  directly  opposite  the  Now  York  Central  anc  Hudsou  Blver  and 
Boston  and  Albany  Passenger  Station,  and  is  only  one  block  from  tlie  BcuMelMir  ana 
Saratoga,  Bostnu,  Hoosac  Tunnel  and  Western,  Delaware  and  Ilndson  Canal  Oo.  s  Kauway 
Hues  Station,  and  less  than  ten  minutes'  walk  to  Peoples  Line  and  Day  Line  Bteamooats. 

Connecting  by  Horse  Cars  every  ten  minutes  and  OmnlbuseB  on  arrival  of  Boats. 

Its  central  location,  beins?  the  nearest  flrst-cliiss  Hotel  to  Ballroads  and  Hteanaboats  and 
ths  mercantile  interests,  makes  it  tlie  most  convenient  and  accessiblo  Hotel  iu  the  Ulty. 

BOOMS  WITH  OR  WITHOUT  BOARD. 

Rates— Jl.no  per  day  and  upward,  for  Rooms. 

Rates  for  Board  and  Rooms— 82  50  and  fH.OO  per  day. 

Special  rates  will  be.  made  for  larg;i  parties  and  permanent  guests. 

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York  to  Albany  in  1798.  Then  followed  two  great  euterpriHcs,  ridiculed 
at  the  time  by  every  one  as  the  Fulton  Folly  and  Olintun's  Ditch— m  other 
words,  steam  navigation,  1807,  and  the  Erie  Canal,  1825.  Its  name,  as 
we  said  before,  was  given  in  honor  of  the  Duko  of  Albany,  although  it 
is  still  claimed  by  some  of  the  oldest  inhabitants  that,  in  the  golden  age 
of  those  far-off  times,  when  the  good  old  burghers  used  to  ask  for  the 
welfare  of  their  neighbors,  the  answer  was  always  "All  bonnie,"  and 
hence  the  name  of  the  hill-crowned  I'ity. 

And  now,  while  waiting  to  "throw  out  the  plank,"  which  puts  a  pe- 
riod to  our  Hudson  Eiver  Division,  we  feel  like  congratulating  ourselTPS 
that  the  various  goblins  which  once  infested  the  river  have  become  civ- 
ilized, that  the  winds  and  tides  have  been  conquered,  and  that  the  nine- 
day  voyage  of  Hendrich  Hudson  and  the  "  Half  Moon  "  has  been  reduced 
to  the  nine-hour  system  of  the  "  Albany  "  and  the  "  Vibbard. " 

Those  who  have  traveled  over  Europe  will  certainly  appreciate  the 
quiet  luxury  of  an  American  steamer;  and  this  first  introduction  to 
American  scenery  will  always  charm  the  tourist  from  other  lauds. 
Three  years  ago  it  was  my  privilege  to  visit  some  of  the  rivers  and  lakes 
of  the  old  world,  well  known  in  song  and  story,  but  I  imagine  that  no 
single  day's  journey  in  any  land  or  on  any  stream  can  present  such  vari- 
ety, interest,  and  beauty,  as  the  trip  of  one  hundred  and  forty-four  miles 
from  New  York  to  Albany.  The  Hudson  ia  indeed  a  goodly  volume, 
with  its  broad  covers  of  green  lyiny  open  on  either  sic'o;  and  it  might 
in  truth  be  called  a  condenspd  history,  for  there  is  no  place  in  our 
country  where  poetry  and  romance  arc  so  strangely  blended  with  the 
heroic  and  the  historic, — no  river  where  the  waves  of  different  civiliza- 
tions have  left  so  many  waifs  upon  the  banks.  It  is  classic  ground, 
from  the  •'  wilderness  to  the  sea,"  and  will  always  bo 

THE  POF.TS'  COBNER  OF  OUR  COUNTRY; 

the  home  of  Irving,  Willis,  and  Monia,— of  Fulton,  Morse,  and  Field, 
— of  Cole,  Audubon,  and  Church, — and  scores  besides,  whose  names 
are  Household  Words. 

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FROM  ALBANY  TO  PITTSFIELD. 

One  of  tlio  pleaBantest  trips  from  Albany  for  tho  traveler  or  tourist,  is 
via  Boston  ami  Albany  Railroad  through  the  pleasant  towns  of  Sohodack. 
Kinderhook,  Chatham  and  Canaan,  to 

PiTTSFiKLD,  which  ocoupieB  the  centre  of  the  panoroma  of  hills  encir- 
cling tho  county  of  Berkshire.  The  county  lies  upon  a  grand  plateau, 
having  an  average  height  of  over  1,000  feet,  and  around  this  plateau  rise 
hills  cf  an  average  altitude  of  1,800  fct  above  tide-water,  or  800  feet 
above  tho  park  at  Pittsfleld.  Greylock  bounds  the  northern  view,  8,505 
feet  above  the  level  of  tho  sta  tho  highctr  point  in  Massachusetts.  The 
various  branches  of  the  Housatonio  Eivcr  here  unite,  filling  the  towa 
with  a  network  of  "braided  brooks,"  and  there  are  besides,  six  beuutiful 
lakelets,  Onota,  Pontoosuck,  Eichmond,  Melvill"  Silver  and  Goodrich. 

The  town  was  first  permanently  settled  in  1752,  os  the  plantation  of 
Pontoosuck,  taking  its  name  from  that  of  the  district,  which  means  the 
"haunt  of  the  winter  deer,"  it  being  tho  favorite  hunting-ground  of  tlie 
Mohegan  Indians  in  winter.  It  was  incorporated  in  1761,  by  the  name  of 
Pittsfleld,  in  honor  of  the  great  English  Statesman  who  had  been  earnest 
in  defending  it  against  the  French  and  Indians. 

We  recently  came  across  a  very  readable  book,  "  Taghconic— The  Ro- 
mance and  Beauty  of  the  Hills  "— publiwhed  last  year,  and  wo  felt  well 
paid  in  reading  carefully  its  373  pages.  The  article  on  the  "Villai^e 
Green,"  "Pontoosuc  Lake,"  and  "PeiTy's  Peak,"  should  be  read  by 
every  visitor  to  Pittsfleld.  The  description  of  the  charming  landscapes 
about  WiUiamstown,  and  the  views  about  "Greylock  Hall,"  show  that 
the  writer  had  his  heart  in  his  work.  On  a  following  page  we  have  ven- 
tured a  description  of  our  own,  but  we  assure  the  reader  that  the  full 
knowledge  of  this  beautiful  resort  of  the  Berkshires  is  only  to  be  ob- 
tained by  personal  visit.     But  to  return  to  Pittsfleld. 

The  "Maplowood  Instituta  for  Young  Ladies"  has  a  classic  location, 
with  grounds  famous  for  their  wealth  of  adornment  and  beauty.  We 
present  viewr  in  them  furnished  by  our  friends  the  principals.  The 
institution  has  been  known  for  nearly  forty  years,  throughout  New  En- 
gland and  tho  entire  country,  as  one  of  the  most  thorough  and  prosper- 
oufl  of  its  class.     Among  the  first  to  provide  for  and  give  prominence  to 

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gymnastic  training  and  to  allonl  ampin  caliinots  and  apparatuH,  it  haw 
(lone  its  work  for  a  generation  and  is  Htill  doing  it,  in  inetliuds  now  much 
vaunted  as  novel  and  unhoaril  of.  The  8upcrif)rity  of  its  advantagt^f.  in 
music  and  drawing  has  long  made  it  a  resort  for  pui)ilM  .imbitioiw  for  spe- 
cial culture  in  tlioso  branches.  It  has  also  rocoutly  instituted  a  cjiirso  of 
study  preparatory  for  admission  to  the  most  exacting  of  our  colleges, 
besides  its  own  regular  collegiate  course,  One  of  the  large  buildings  fif 
the  Institute  has  been  specially  fitted  for  summer  guests,  and  its  rooms 


MAPIiE  AVENUE,    MAPLEWOOD,    PinSFIELD,    JIASS. 

have  for  several  seasons  been  so  crowded  that  last  year  a  largo  wing  was 
added  and  also  filled.  The  place  is  now  widc'y  and  most  favorably 
known  as  "Maplewood  Hall,"  and  will,  no  doubt,  bo  filled  the  coming 
season  under  the  management  of  Mr.  A.  R.  Mathes,  known  to  hosts 
of  former  friends  as  the  proprietor  of  the  Madison  Bquaro  Family 
Hotel. 
Pittsfield  has  now  a  i)oiJidation  of  14,000,  and  is  well  known  to  the  bu- 

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BinesB  world,  as  .  contains  witlun  its  limits  one  of  the  oldest  and  safest 
Life  Insurance  Companies,  viz.:  the  "Berkshire."  They  have  a  fine 
Building  in  the  centre  of  the  town,  fire-proof,  and  the  Comp<iny  is  as 
solid  as  the  structure. 

Pittsfield  is  not  only  the  centre  of  wealth  and  refinement,  and  sugges- 
tive of  the  names.  .Bryant,  Holmes  and  Longf  eUow,  but  also  centrally  lo- 
cated to  points  of  interest,  to  wit:  Monument  Mountair,  Greylock,  the 
Hoosao  Tunnel,  Lebanon  Springs,  etc.,  and  many  places  of  interest,  all 


MiPLE    WOOD    GBOUNDS. 

within  easy  drive.  In  fact,  the  pleaaantest  drive  we  have  had  for  many 
a  day,  was  "  In  the  leafy  m.  .nth  of  June,"  from  Pittsfield  to  Lebanon 
Springs,  at  the  invitation  of  Mr.  James  W.  Hull.  Tl)  e  mountain  road  was 
a  little  rough,  but  like  Chaucer's  Canterbury  Pilgrims,  we  beguiled  the 
way  with  poetry  of  the  olden  time,  until  there  suddenly  burst  upon  us  a 
visio: .  of  beauty,  equal  to  anything  which  Chaucer  or  Spencer  ever  dream- 
ed—the  County  of  Columbia  at  our  feet,  reaching  away  to  the  Catskills. 

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GREYLOCK  HALL,  WILLIAMSTOWN,  MASS. 

Greylock  Hali,  at  the  Sand  Springs  in  Williamstown,  Massaohusettfl, 
located  in  one  of  the  most  picturesqae  eyots  in  the  ro)riantic  valley  of  the 
Hoosac,  has  within  a  few  years  come  to  rival  the  most  popular  of  the 
oi..3r  watering  places  of  a  similar  character.  This  is  due  m  perhaps 
equal  proportion  to  the  singular  combination  of  beauty  and  grandeur  m 
the  neighboring  region,  to  the  curative  power  of  the  waters  and  the  wood- 
land air,  and  to  the  excellence  of  the  Hall  as  a  Summer  Hotel.  North-west 
of  Greylock,  and  north  of  the  village  and  colleges  of  Williamstown,  the 
valley  expands  into  a  bay-like  opening  ',mong  the  mountains,  which,  as 
ib  is  approached  from  different  points  presents  varied  aspects,  aU  of  them 
charming-  the  spectator  by  their  novel  effects  and  bold  graces.  Far  up 
this  expansion  upon  a  gentle  slope,  half  wood,  half  Jawn— among  hills 
which  a  little  way  back  grow  to  be  mountains,  stands  the  Hall  outlining 
the  dark  background  by  its  cheerful  «jolors,  and  in  the  fashionable  season 
by  its  brilliant  display  of  animated  life. 

Very  striking  and  pleasing  is  that  strong  contract  of  glad  human  life 
with  the  almost  primeval  solitude  in  which  it  is  set. 

Unlike  the  neighboring  forests,  the  near  groves  are  mostly  of  pine  with 
little  or  no  undergrowth,  affording  delightful  and  unobstructed  rambles 
as  well  as  cool  and  pleasant  shades  for  the  dance  and  other  amusements 
for  which  ample  preparation  is  made.  _ 

A  mountain  trout-stream  winds  through  the  groves  and  lawns  unitmg 
a  short  distance  below  with  the  Hoosao  river,  which,  a  little  way  further 
on  offers  excellent  facilities  for  boatmg  on  the  course  just  improved  by  the 
Williama  College  students,  by  the  munificence  of  Cyrus  W.  Field,  By  the 
bye,  theooUeges,  just  far  enough  off  to  be  good  neighbors,  offer  a  pleasant 
visit  to  the  guests  of  the  hall  whenever  they  may  weary  of  their  own  round 
of  pleasures;  while  the  drives  among  scenes  of  natures  loveliness  are 
vaned  by  excursions  to  the  Hoosao  Timnel,  the  curious  manufcotories  at 
Nc.th  Adams,  and  other  interesting  objects  which  aboimd  in  Northern 
Berkshire.  The  waters  of  the  Sand  Spring;  have  a  uniform  temperature 
of  74°  F.  by  analysis,  and  have  the  same  general  character  as  those  of 
Lebanon  Springs,  Columbia  Co. ,  IF.  Y.,  but  in  their  specific  effects  they 
resemble  and  rival  the  famous  Missisquoi  Springs  of  Vermont,  being  re- 
markably beneficial  in  rheumatic  and  cutaneous  cisorders.  The  neigh- 
boring people  tell  of  marvellous  cures  performed  by  bathing  in  the  wa- 
ters before  they  became  famous.  They  were  first  brought  into  note  by 
Dr.  Charles  Bailey,  a  successful  Pittsfield  Physician  who  had  tested  them 
on  several  of  his  patients  with  the  happiest  results.  Full  provision  is 
made  for  their  use,  either  bathing  or  internally.  Greylock  Hall  is  a  spa- 
cious buildiug,  furnished  with  all  the  luxuries  of  modem  hotels..  It  has 
165  feet  frontage,  is  four  stories  high,  and  will  accommodate  250  guests. 
The  views  from  its  windows  and  balconies  are  simply  superb. 

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DELAWAEE  AND  HUDSON  CANAL  COMPANT. 

yViiBANY  AND  SUSQUEHANNA  Depabtment.— There  are  few  railroads  in 
our  country  that  possess  for  so  many  miles  such  variety  and  interest  as 
the  Albany  and  Susquehanna.  All  the  way  from  Albany  to  Binghamton 
the  hills  and  valleys,  the  streams,  rivulets,  and  rivers  form  a  succession 
of  beautiful  landscapes,  framed  in  the  moving  panorama  of  a  car  window. 
The  railroad  follows  the  valleys  of  three  streams— the  Schoharie,  the 
Cobleskill,  and  the  Susquehanna. 

Leaving  Albany  we  pass  through  the  little  villages  and  stations  of 
Adamsville,  Slingerlands,  New  Scotland,  Guilderland,  Knowersville, 
Duanesbm-gh,  Quaker  Street,  Esperance,  and  come  to  Central  Bridge, 
thirty-six  miles  from  Albany,  the  junction  with  the  branch  road  for 
Schoharie  Court-House  and  Middleburgh.  Schoharie  village,  Uie  county 
seat,  is  situated  on  Schoharie  Flats.  First  settlement  made  in  1711. 
Population  about  fifteen  hundred.  The  old  stone  church,  erected  in 
1772,  is  now  used  as  an  arsenal.  Three  miles  from  Central  Bridge,  or 
thirty-nine  miles  from  Albany,  is  the  celebrated 

Howe's  Cave,  discovered  on  the  22d  May,  1842,  by  Lester  Howe. 
Li  interest  and  extent  it  is  second  only  to  the  great  Mammoth  Cave  of 
Kentucky,  and  presents,  in  truth,  a  new  world  of  beauty,  with  arches 
and  walls  reaching  away  for  miles,  of  which  perhaps  the  half  is  only 
discovered.  Among  the  prominent  points  of  interest  in  the  cave  are 
the  following,  as  named  by  Mr.  Howe:— 

"Beception,  or  Lecture  Boom,"  "Washington  Hall,"  "Bridal 
Chamber,"  (temperature  48  deg.  Fah.),  where  many  have  been  nup- 
tually  tied,  inchiding  the  two  daughters  of  the  discoverer;  "The 
Chapel,"  some  forty  feet  high;  "Harlequin  Tunnel,"  "  Cataract  Hall," 
"  Ghost  Boom,  or  Haunted  Castle,"  "  Music  Hall,"  "  Stygian,  or  Crystal 
Lake."  At  the  foot  of  the  lake  there  are  several  gas-burners,  giving 
the  visitor  a  beautiful  view  of  that  portion  of  the  cave  and  lake,  and  the 
side  grotto  near  by.    From  thence  visitors  proceed  by  boats  across  the 

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lake  to  "Plymouth  Rock,"  and  from  thence  continue  the  journey  to 
the  "  Devil's  Gateway,"  "  The  Museum,"  "  Geological  Rooms,"  "  Uncle 
Tom's  Cabin,"  "Giants' Study,"  "Pirates' Cave,"  "Rocky  Mountains," 
"Valley otJehoshaphat*"  "Winding  Way,"and  "Rotunda."  There  are 
the  usual  formations,  known  as  "Stalagmites " and  "  Stalactites," many 
of  them  singular  in  form  and  variety.  In  Washington  Hall  are  two, 
named  "  Lady  Washington's  Hood  "and  "  Washington's  Epaulet;"  and 
beyond  these  are  "The  Harp,"  and  numberless  others.  At  the  head 
and  foot  of  the  lake  there  are  two  largo  stalagmites,  the  former  large 
enough  to  fill  the  entire  body  of  the  cave,  which  has  made  it  necessary 
to  excavate  an  artificial  passage  around  it.  Those  are  among  the  most 
wonderful  formations  in  the  cave,  and  of  iiartioular  interest  to  the  geo- 
logical and  scientific  student. 

We  are  only  able  to  mark  out  the  route  in  this  hasty  manner.  To 
speak  of  all  the  objects  of  interest  would  draw  us  aside  fi-om  the  pur- 
pose of  a  general  guide.  The  "  Cave  House  "  is  a  fine  hotel,  recently 
erected  at  the  month  of  the  cave,  and  the  wants  of  the  tourist  and  ex- 
plorer will  be  carefully  attended  co.  Every  one  should  visit  Howe's 
Cave,  and  see  these  real  Arabian  Night  beauties,  so  near  the  capital  of 
the  Empire  State. 

The  next  station  is  Cobleskill,  forty-five  miles  from  Albany.  This 
rich  and  fertile  valley  was  called  by  the  Indians  Ots-ga-ra-ga.  The 
village  is  thriving  and  flourishing.  Smith's  "National  Hotel"  is  one 
of  the  best  on  the  route,  and  decidedly  the  best  in  the  place.  This  is 
also  the  junction  of  the  Cherry  Valley  Branch,  which  passes  through 
Hyndsville,  Seward,  and  Sharon  Springs. 

Shabon  Spbings,  once  the  rival  of  Saratoga,  is  located  in  a  valley  on  a 
hill.  The  streets  ore  well  shaded,  and  the  Sulphur  Water  is  well  known 
for  its  medicinal  qualities.  The  largest  hotel  is  the  Pavilion,  and  the 
pleasantest,  near  the  depot,  is  known  as  Feather's  Hotel,  The  next  station 
to  Sharon  is  Cherry  Valley,  a  pleasant  town  in  the  north-east  comer  of 
Otsego  Co.,  and  from  this  point  a  stage  connects  witji  Richfield  Springs. 
Returning  to  Cobleskill,  we  pursue  our  route  westward  on  the  main  line 

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in  a  valley  on  our  left,  East  Worcester,  Worcester,  Schenevub  and  Main- 
land, to  the  junction  of  the  Cooperstown  and  Susquehanna  Valley  Bail- 
road  for 

CooPEBSTOWN,  one  of  the  pleasantest  villages  in  New  York,  and  one  of 
the  classic  points  of  our  country.  It  is  situated  on  the  shore  of  Otsego, 
a  beautiful  lake  worthy  of  being  the  fountain  bond  of  the  bright  flowing 
Susquehanna.  The  lake  is  said  to  bo  about  1,200  feet  above  the  sea. 
Like  Lake  Mahopac,  it  is  litem Uy  siurounded  with  beauty;  and  like 


QKNERAL  VIEW  OF   KICIIFIKLD  SPUINGS,  N.  Y. 

Irvington  or  Tarrytown,  Cooperstown  is  one  of  the  literary  Meccaa  of 
our  country,  and,  by  all  means,  the  place  to  read  the  works  of  Cooper. 
The  principal  hotels  are  the  Cooper  House,  a  suinmer  hotel,  80  feet  above 
the  lake,  with  a  park  of  seven  acres,  and  the  Hotel  Fenimore,  open  the 
entire  year,  with  a  fine  location  in  the  central  part  of  the  village,  near  the 
lake,  and  one  of  the  finest  in  our  State. 

EiCHFiEiiB  Spbings. — Tlie  route  to  this  popular  resoi-t,  via  Coopers- 
town and  Otsego  Lake,  is  one  of  the  most  charming,  romantic  and  de- 

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lightful  of  any  trip  designated  in  our  Guide,  and  the  village  and  surround- 
ings of  Richfield  are  worthy  of  the  increasing  tide  of  visitors.  Of  course 
persons  in  a  hurry  will  take  a  Drawing-Room  Coach  at  the  New  York 
Central  Depot,  via  Utica,  and  arrive  at  Richfield  Springs  in  eight  hours ; 
but  a  little  stoamboating  ond  coaching — ten  miles  via  the  Natty  Bumppo 
steamer,  and  six  or  seven  miles  by  stage — give  variety  to  the  route. 

Richfield  Springs  is  situated  on  an  elevated  plateau  two  thousand  feet 
above  tide  water,  and  has  all  the  requisites  of  health  and  beauty,  sur- 
rounded by  mountains  and  lakes  on  every  hand, 

Conadai'ago  Lake  is  about  three-fourths  of  a  milo  directly  south  from 


VIEW  OF  CANADARAGO  LAKE. 

tlie  Springs,  five  miles  long,  and  one  and  a-half  miles  wide,  surrounded 
by  wood-covered  mountain  ranges,  and  abounding  in  excellent  fish.  The 
drives  aroimd  ond  to  the  different  lakes  that  gem  tlie  mountains,  and 
along  the  streams  that  braid  the  valleys,  often  detain  the  casual  visitor ; 
for  Mr.  Seward  expressed  something  besides  poetiy  in  prose  in  his  ora- 
tion of  July  4th,  1840,  when  he  said:  "I  have  desired  to  see  for  myself 
the  valleys  of  Otsego,  through  which  the  Susquehanna  extends  his  ai'ms 
and  entwines  his  fingers  with  the  tributaries  of  the  Mohawk,  as  if  to  di- 
vert that  gentle  river  from  its  allegiance  to  the  Hudson." 

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Thb  Spbino  House,  the  largest  hotel,  has  a  fine  location  in  tho  midst 
of  a  beautiful  park,  tastefully  laid  out  with  flower  beds.  Tho  hotel  has 
acGommodationa  for  six  hundred  guests,  and  is  under  the  efficient  mau- 
agement  of  T.  B.  Proctor,  of  the  Baggs  Hotel,  U'  a  N.  Y.  The  famous 
Sulphur  Spring  is  on  the  groixnda  of  the  Spring  House. 


SPUING    HOL'SK   I'AKK. 

In  our  detour  from  the  main  line  of  the  Albany  mud  Susquehanna  Rail- 
road, we  have  omitted  to  mention  that  the  Albany  and  Susquehanna  after 
leaving  the  Cooperstown  and  Richfield  Branch,  passes  south-west  through 
Collier's  andEmmons',  to  Oneonta,  one  of  the  most  stirring  villages  on  the 
route.  The  next  station  is  Ote^'o.  From  this  point  stages  connect  with 
the  pleasant  village  of  Franklin,  passing  through  Well's  Bridge,  Unadil- 
la,  Sidney,  (with  its  branch  road  to  Delhi),  Afton,  and  Harporsville,  we 
come  to  the  Timnel,  127  miles  from  New  York.  Then  passing  through 
Osbom  Hollow  and  Port  Crane,  wo  come  to  Binghamton,  and  complete 
the  equilateral  triangle— New  York,  Albany,  and  Binghamton.  It  is  a 
flourishing  city  of  16,000  inhabitants,  and  has  complete  railway  connec- 
tions with  the  Erie,  tho  Delaware  Lackawamia  and  Westeni,  and  Syracuse 
and  Binghamton  Railways.    The  best  Hotel  is  the  "Spaulding  House. " 

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TO  THE  THOUSAND  ISLANDS  AND  NIAGABA  FALLS. 

Lbavinq  Albany  wo  pass  through  Schenectady,  Fonda,  Prtlatine  Bridge, 
Little  Falls,  Horkimer,  and  Ilion,  to  Utica. 

LriTLE  Fat.i.8  Ib  a  flourishing  villago,  seventy-four  miles  from  Albany, 
and  is  situated  in  the  wildest  and  most  romantic  part  of  tlio  Mohawk 

Valley. 

Ilion  is  a  pleasant  village,  and  will  interest  the  tourist  and  traveler  as 
the  place  whore  the  celebrated  Remington  fire-arms  ore  manufactured. 
Some  months  ago  wo  wore  kindly  shown  through  these  extensive  works, 
and  we  take  pleasure  in  calling  the  attention  of  the  reader  to  their  busi- 
ness announcement  on  the  opposite  page. 


KEM INOTOX   ABMOBT.-E.  REMINGXON  &  SONS,  ILION,  N.  T. 

Utioa— the  first  express  station— ninety-five  miles  from  Albany.  Thia 
in  continental  days,  was  the  site  of  old  Fort  Schuyler,  and  now  one  of 
the  most  fit  arishing  towns  in  Central  New  York.  It  is  the  landing-place 
for  Trenton  Falls  and  Richfield  Springs,  The  attractions  in  and  about 
Utica  will  well  repay  an  extended  visit. 

The  Utica  and  Black  Rivek  Railboad,  from  Utica  to  Clayton,  has 
opened  up  a  route  to  the  North  Woods,  and  the  Thousand  Islands  of  the 
St.  Lawrence  making  this  one  of  the  pleasantest  routes  to  this  attractive 

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country.  Persons  on  tho  woy  to  Tronton  Falls  or  Bichfleld  Springs  will 
find  Baggs'  Hotel  (a  cut  of  which  is  hurt)  given),  by  far  tho  plousiintiest 
and  most  convenient.  It  bus  long  been  known  oa  tho  best  in  Utictt,  or 
on  the  lino  of  tho  Central  Builroud.  Tourists  who  fuil  to  conn  ctwith 
trains,  or  who  wish  to  rest  n  few  hours  in  comfort,  will  find  thomsolvos 
in  the  hands  of  courteous  nnd  gentloiuiiuly  proprii  .ors.  Mr.  Proctt)r 
of  New  York,  and  Mr.  Chamherluin  of  tho  Deluvan  Honso.  Albany,  and 
the  Clarendon  Saratoga  Springs.  It  is  only  a  few  stops  from  tiio 
station,  and  does  away  with  an  Omnibus,  that  last  relic  of  barbarism. 


BAOGS'   HOTETj. 

T..  E.  Proctor,  Proprietor. 
Trenton  Falls.— Taking  tho  Utica  and  Black  River  Railroad,  six- 
teen miles  bring  us  to  Tronton  Falls,  one  of  the  most  charming  and 
romantic  summer  resorts  on  the  continent.  For  the  last  ten  years  wo 
have  hoard  of  these  beautiful  waterfalls,  located  in  what  Willis  haa 
styled  an  "  alcove,"  aside  from  the  main  line  of  travel,  "  fifteen  miles 
at  right  angles  from  tho  general  procession,  a  side  scone  out  of  ear- 
shot from  tho  crowd,"  but  it  was  not  until  the  middle  of  .Tune,  1874, 
that  ^od  fortune  conducted  us  thither,  and  led  us  by  the  hand  from 
rock  to  rock,  from  cascade  to  waterfall,  through  all  that  realm  of  en- 
chanting beauty.     The  hotel,  a  short  distance  from  this  mountain  glen, 

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educated  gentleman.  The  first  rural  resort  of  this  place  waa  built  by 
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ago  Mr.  Moore,  present  proprietor,  came  like  Hiawatha  of  old,  and 
found  his  Minnehaha,  great  grand-daughter  of  Roger  Sheman,  a  line 
more  illustrious  even  than  the  tribe  of  the  Dakotahs.  It  is  said  that  on 
his  return  to  Manhuttan  he  wfifl  not  unmindful  of  the  vision,  and  always 

heard  the  Falls  of  Trenton 

'•  Calling  to  bim  tlirongU  tlie  distance 
Calling  to  him  from  afm-  off." 
So  much  for  his  personal  history,  which  we  only  mention  as  evidence 
that  fiction  is  but  the  shadow  of  truth.     "We  arrived  at  Trenton  a  little 
before  six,  and  at  once  descended  the  stairs  to  the  natural  pavement, 
which  for  two  miles,  level  with  the  water's  edge,  borders  the  left  side 
of  the  stream.     This  ia  the  pleaaantest  hour  of  the  day  for  lonely  ram- 
bles like  these,  and  the  faUing  water  at  eveatido  has  all  the  melody 
of  sadness.     Passing  a  few  rods  up  the  stream,  over  fossil  formation 
which  recount  fifty  million  years  of  history,  and  under  overhanging 
rock,  every  leaf  of  whoso  folds  has  been  a  recording  page  for  science, 
we  suddenly  come  in  full  view   of  Sherman  Fall.     Here,  it  is  said,  a 
fairy   (perhaps   great    grand-daughter  of  "Undine)  occasionally  dances 
through  the  mist  "  modestly  retiring  as  the  visitor  changes  his  posi- 
tion, and  blushing  all  colors  when  she  finds  him  gazing  at  her  irised 
beauties."    The  Fall  has  been  poetically  styled  by  Mrs.  Kemble, 
"  The  daughter  of  heaveu  and  earth, 
With  dark  eyeB,  white  feet,  and  amber  hail 
In  no  place,  save  the  northern  Highlands  of  Scotland,  have  we  seen 
Buch  amber  foam,  and  such  dark  headlong  flow  of  river.     The  arrowy 
Rhone  is  not  swifter,  the  Falls  of  Foyers  are  not  so  beautiful.     High 
Falls  are  forty  rods  beyond,  a  succession  of  lovely  cascades,  one  over 
forty  feet  in  height.     Heie  we  have  the  whole  organ  thoir,  from  tne 
tenor  and  treble  of  the  sheet  of  water  on  the  right,  to  the  deep  bass  of 
the  heavy  fall  on  the  left.     Above  this,  the  Mill  Dam  Fall  and  the 
Alhambra  with  ijs  cascade,  and  still  further  on  the  Rocky  Heart,  a 
good  spot  for  lovers  to  propose  in  by  way  of  contrast.    "We  can  only 
point  out  these  beauties  in  a  general  way.     Even  the  guide  book  of 
N.  P.  Willis,  the  poet  of  descriptive  language,  fails  to  do  Trenton  Falls 
justice,  although  it  is  a  model  handbook  of  its  kind.    It  is  a  place  to 

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pass  through  Prospect  to  Booiiville,  a  flourishing  village  thirty-five 
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visit  Old  Forge  and  Moose  Lakes,  the  beat  Sporting  grounds  of  the 
Adirondacks.  Lyons  Fall,  forty  six  miles  from  Utica,  is  a  wild  romantic 
and  much  frequented  spot.  The  High  Falls  (glimpses  of  which  are 
seen  from  the  tra^n,)  are  well  worth  visiting.  We  now  pass  30  miles 
through  the  beautiful  valley  of  the  Block  River  to 

LowviLiiE,  sixty  miles  from  Utica,  one  of  the  most  beautiful  villages  in 
northern  Now  York,  noted  for  its  fine  drives,  shady  walks,  and  excellent 
hotels.  From  this  point  it  is  only  18  miles  to  Fentous,  a  good  hotel  in 
the  famous  John  Brown's  Tract,  where  sportsmen  and  tourists  can  voy- 
age in  boats  scores  of  miles  through  rivers  and  beautiful  lakes  in  the 
very  heart  of  an  unbroken  wilderness.  The  Low  ville  Mineral  Springs, 
are  only  one  mile  from  the  station. 

Oaiithage,  with  its  celebrated  water  power  is  seventy-four  miles  from 
Utica.     Here  the  traveler  can  tui-n  aside  to 

Watebtown,  a  city  of  great  manufacturing  interest,  beautifully  laid  out 
and  containing  elegant  residences.  Sackett's  Harbor  is  only  V).  miles 
from  Watertown,  one  of  the  oldest  places  in  the  State.  Pursuing  the 
direct  route  to  the  Tliousand  Islands,  the  tourist  passes  through  Phila- 
delphia to  Clayton,  where  Steamers  connect  for 

Albxakdeia  Bat.— For  all  other  points  of  the  route  we  refer  the 
reader  to  the  fine  map  of  the  Utkn  and  Black  Eire)-  R.  R.,  printed  on  the 
back  of  the  Hudson  River  map  in  this  Guide— also  an  advertising  page 
which  sets  forth  briefly  the  main  features  of  the  route.  Alexandria  Bay 
is  in  our  opinion  the  finest  point  of  the  Thousand  Islands,  and  we  have 
no  brighter  remembrance,  or  experience,  than  our  Yachting  aisd  Boat 
experience  at  the  Grossmon  House.  This  Hotel  has  two  fine  steam 
pleasure  Yachts,  which  make  two  trips  daily  between  the  Crossmon  and 
Brockville  a  model  Canadian  to^vn  24  miles  down  the  river,  a  delightful 
portion  of  the  river  scenery.  The  "Centennial"  Hall  on  the  Hotel 
Pleasure  Grounds,  is  also  something  new,  and  will  furnish  Pleasure 
Seekers,  with  luxuries  and  necessities.  The  Thousand  Islands,  1800  in 
reality,  extend  about  forty  miles,  and  vary  in  size  from  a  few  feet  in 
diameter  to  three  hundred  acres.  \\  e  present  a  view  of  one  of  the  finest 
on  the  following  page,  "Nobby  Island. "  In  the  summer  of  1878  we  lingered 
for  three  days  in  this  fairy  land,  ^  owned  by  Mr.  Henry  R.  Heath  and 
OhailesS.  Goodwin  of  New  York,)  and  fuU  of  "poetry,"  we  thougbt 

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of  Miranda,  althougli  she  wasn't  along  ;  of  Enoch  Ai'den  ,  Alexander 
Selkirk  ;  Hel  a  Douglas,  and  twenty  other  island  homes. 

There  is  probably  no  river  or  lake  in  the  world  more  romantic  and 
delightful  than  this  section  of  the  St.  La\vrence;  and  we  imagine  the~e 
islands  furnish  a  good  foundation  for  a  rural  Venice.  During  the  sum- 
mer of  1872,  President  Grant  and  family.  General  Phil.  Sheridan,  &c., 
were  domiciled  nearest  neighbors  to  Nobby  Island. 


NOBBY  ISLAKD. 

The  Crossmon  House  is  the  pleasantest,  best  kef/t,  and  most  popular 
hotel  at  Alexandria  Bay,  in  fact  the  pleasantest  on  the  St.  Ijawrence 
river  from  Lake  Ontario  to  Montreal.  It  has  accomodations  for  over 
300  guests,  is  lighted  throughout  with  gas,  supi)lied  with  ]jure  river 
water  (as  pontic  as  that  of  Lake  Katrine,  whicli  supplies  the  city  of 
Glasgow,)  with  electric  bells,  and  admirably  finished  from  rocky  foun- 
dation to  mansard  roof.  The  excellence  of  its  table  has  been  known 
for  30  years,  when  it  was  only  a  fishing  resort  "A  cottage  by  the  Bay." 
Tom  Moore's  Canadian  Boat  Song  "Row  Brothers  row,"  and  several 
minor  poets  have  localized  many  an  island,  from  "Harts."  to  the 
"Devil's  Oven." 

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The  FaTon    Bcnte  for  Fashionable  Fleasnie  Travel. 

UTIOA  &  BLACK  EIVER  RAILROAD. 

The  only  all  Bail  Bouts  to  the  Thousand  Islands, 

AHD  SHORTEST  MD  qVlClEST  BOVTE  FROn  EASTERU  POIHTS 

TO  ALL  POINTS  IN 

NORTHERN  NEW  YORK,  THE  RIVER  ST.  LAWRENCE  &  CANADA, 

CONNBOTINQ  AT 

CLAYTON,  ALEXANDRIA  BAY,  BROCKVILLE  AND  PRESCOTT^ 
With  thb  J^oyai    "Aail  J^ine  op  ^teamef^  for  ^VIontreal,  ^c, 

PapBsing  the  Thoosand  Islands  aud  Rapids  of  the  River  St.  Lawrence 
BT   DATUOHT. 

For  Description  of 'Rnntp,  sw  ■pntrBo  97,  !>H,  flfl,  &o.,  of  tliis  OuiDK. 
Fur  Map  Mill  tifumovtiiuiiat  see  pages  on  the  back  of  Hudson  Rivbr  Map. 
Wsencr  filaeplne  Car  attached  to  train,  leaving  Grand  Central  Depot  New  Tork,  at 
8:30  ii.ni.i  Albany  1:50  a. m.!  aniving  at  Watertown  9:20  a. m.j  Clavton  10:00  a.  m.;  Alexan- 
dria Day  10:00  a.  ni.i  Ogdennbm^  11  a.  m.    Breakliut)  iAwrille,  7:30  a. m. 
Time  by  this  train,  New  Tork  to  Alerandria,  14  J  honrs,  or  over  3  hours 
quicker  than  via  any  other  route. 

THBEE  THSOUOH  EEPBESS  TBAINS  LEAVE  TTTICA  DAILY. 

Only  ronte  connecting  with  Special  ChlcaRO  and  Second  Pacitlc  ExpreBS  Tr&inn.  The 
fastest  aud  best  trains  on  N.  Y.  C.  and  H.  K.  R.  K.  Twenty  miles  the  shortest ;  1}^  to  3>f 
hours  qnlokest  route  to  Clayton  and  Aloxaudria  Bay  from  New  Yorli,  Aibauy,  Boston,  etc. 

NO  CHANGE  OF  CARS  BETWEEN  UTIGA  AND  CLAYTON. 
WAONEB'KiP«l^J«CC:  SI.RBPIKO  CARS  RUN  TIIROVOH  WITH- 
OUT ANY  CHANOE  UK  DEI.AV,  BBTWKEN 

NE1F  TOBK  AND  CLAYTON  (Thotisand  Talanda.) 

This  Route  is  noted  for  its  magnificent  Scenery,  including  the  Wonderful 
Y&XNTOII  VALIaS  AWQ  LTORS*  VALLS. 

Through  Tiokete,  via  this  Line,  to  all  points  in 

NORTHERN  NEW  YORK  AND  CANADA. 

ALSO,  BXCURSION  TICKETS  TO 

CLAYTON,  ALEXANDRIA  BAY,  OR  MONTREAL 

AND  RETURN,  AT  REDUCED  RATES. 

Can  he  obtained  at  all  principal  Railway  ticket  offices,  and  at  the  office 
of  the  Day  Link,  or  Pbople's  Line  Steamers,  in  New  York. 

IF  YOU  CANNOT  GET  THROUGH  TICKETS,  BUY  TO  UTICA  ONLY. 

THEO.  BUTTEBHELD,         ^      J.  F.  MATNABD,  ^ 

Gen'l  Passenger  Agent,  Utica,  N.  Y.  General  Superintendrnt. 


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Beturning  to  Utica  from  oiir  pleasant  excursion  to  Trenton  Falls  and 
the  Thousaud  Islands,  we  resume  our  western  route,  passing  through 
Borne,  Oneida.  Chittenango  and  Manlius,  to 

Sykactse,  14':  milef  from  Albany,  the  most  flourishing  and  enterpris- 
ing city  of  Central  New  York.  The  Vanderbilt  House,  a  cut  of  which 
is  here  given,  is  the  finest  hotel  in  the  city.  Mr.  O.  E  Allen,  its  popu- 
lar proprietor,  has  made  improvements  during  the  last  winter  which 
makes  the  "VanderbUt"  as  complete  as  any-hotel  on  the  line  of  the  N. 
Y.  Central— elevator,  electric  bells,  and  everytliing  complete.  It  can 
now  be  said  that  Syracuse  has  a  hotel  worthy  of  the  city.   . 


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VANDEKBILT   H0D8E,    O.    E.    ALLEN,    PKOPRIETOR. 

Syracuse  is  the  catre  of  the  salt  interest  of  the  State.  The  principal 
raihroad  connections  are  with  Binghamton  and  Oswego.  Here  also  the 
New  York  Central  Eailroad  diverges,  famiHarly  known  as  the  old  and 
new'roads;  the  old  road  passes  through  Geneva,  connecting  with  steamer 
for  Watkins'  Glen;  the  new  road  passes  through  Clyde,  Lyons,  and  Pal- 
myra, meeting  again  at 

BocHESTEB,  229  miles  from  Albany,  the  finest  city  of  Western  New 
York,  and,  in  many  particulars,  the  finest  in  the  State.  As  we  come 
into  the  city  we  cross  the  Genesee  river,  just  above  the  Genesee  Falls, 
where  Sam  Patch  made  the  last  extempoie  effort  of  his  life.    The  Genes- 

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see  has  a  fine  water  power,  and  the  Falls  once  furnished  successful  inspi- 
ration to  one  of  Daniel  Webster's  celebrated  speeches.  The  best  hotel 
is  the  "Osburn  House,"  centrally  located,  a  cut  of  which  is  hero  given. 
It  has  been  known  for  nuuiy  years  to  the  public  as  the  very  best  hotel  in 
the  State,  as  to  convenience  of  arrangement,  the  care  and  cuisine  of  table 
and  general  hosiiitality.  In  the  hands  of  Messrs.  Buck  &  Sanger  it  has 
a  reputation  second  to  none  from  New  York  to  Chicago. 


08BDBN  HOUSE,  ROCnESTEE,  N.  Y.,  Buck  &  Sanoeb,  Pbopbietobs. 

Passing  through  Brockport,  Albion,  Medina,  and  Lockport,  we  come  to 
Suspension  Bbidge,  304  miles  from  Albany,  the  first  great  enterprise 
of  the  New  World;  for,  without  being  personal,  there  was  certainly  "a 
great  gulf  fixed  "  between  the  United  States  and  Canada,  until  one  day 
a  little  kite-string  drew  a  wire  across  the  chaam,  and  the  wire  grew  and 
midtiplied  until  the  spider-like  art  hung  a  thousand  tons  in  equipoise. 
Two  miles  now  bring  us  to 
NuGABA  Falls,  and,  making  om-  way  through  throngs  of  porters  and 

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carriageH,  wo  soon  fliul  ourselves  safely  and  quietly  located  in  the  pleas- 
ant rooms  of  the  "International,"— appropriately  named,  for  siienery 
like  Nia(?ara,  even  if  Canada  were  a  part  of  our  country,  could  never 
belong  t  one  nation  or  people.  It  is  Iiiteviuitional.  It  belongs  to  the 
world.  We  regret  that  wo  have  not  one  of  the  now  cuts  of  tho  "Inter- 
national "  for  our  Guide  Book,  but  in  lieu  of  a  bettor  one,  we  prcssent 


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THE  INTEUNATIONAL| 
HOTEL    COMPANY      f 

the  one  that  we  have.  It  is  now  under  the  management  of  the  Interna- 
tional Hotel  Company,  and  has  been  thoroughly  retitted  and  refurnished. 
It  is  built  entirely  of  stone,  rendering  its  rooms,  which  are  unusually 
large  and  spacious,  and  well  ventilated,  delightfully  cool  during  the  sum- 
mer months.  It  has  three  stairways  and  an  elevator  leading  from  every 
floor,  thus  affording  ample  egress  in  tho  event  of  fire.     It  is  fui-nished 

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with  all  modern  itniudM  imutH,  and  fvom  luiiiiy  of  the  rooms  an  cxton- 
bive  view  of  Niagara  may  bo  obtained. 

No  more  delightful  wpot  can  be  imagined  than  Niagara  in  summer. 
The  cooling  breezes  cauMed  by  the  runhing  water,  the  shady  groveo,  the 
mighty  cataracts,  render  this  favorite  resort  the  most  refreshing  and  de- 
lightful spot  where  the  debilitating  months  of  summer  may  be  passed. 
One  thing  is  true — a  week  at  Niagara  is  none  too  long.  Do  not  ruBh 
through  it  in  a  day,     Htudy  it  slowly  and  learn  it  well. 

We  also  take  pleasure  in  introducing  the  Spencer  House  to  our  read- 
ers, well  known  to  Niagara  visitors  by  many  years  of  siiccessful  manage- 
ment.   It  has  received  from  all  parties  the  highest  testimonials  for  ex- 


a.r.auncAi/  of  lUtJi'i^T.vi/ ■  auFfAia- 

SFENOEB  HOUSE. 
A.  CLUCK,   PROPBIBTOR. 


treme  neatness  and  excellence  of  table.  Charles  Dickens  said  he  got  the 
best  roast  beef  here  that  he  had  found  since  leaving  Engl.^nd.  In  fact, 
tho  hotel  Las  been  singularly  fortunate  in  receiving  encomiums  from 
distinguished  travelers.  Wilkie  Collins  remarked,  "it  was  not  a  hotel, 
but  a  home ; "  and  Clara  Louisa  Kellogg  testifies  to  the  excellence  of 
the  viands  by  always  remaining  over  a  day  whenever  she  is  in  the  vi- 
cinity of  the  falls. 

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Every  room  in  the  hoiiBe,  although  now,  hiw  idroady  itH  traditions  of 
the  many  illuBtrious  people  who  have  Hojonruod  tliorciu.  Tho  house  is 
open  at  all  iimcH  of  the  year,  and  in  the  winter  soason  large  parties  noyr 
como  from  PhiWlelphia  and  New  York,  sure  nt'  good  care,  and  of  taking 
Niagara  at  its  hest.  Tho  hotel  is  largely  patronized  hy  riiiliidelphia  and 
Boston ;  of  late  years  many  from  Now  York  have  taken  rooms. 

At  this  point  wo  take  tho  liberty  of  saying,  as  adviee  to  the  Tourist: 
either  seeuro  your  carriages  at  the  hotel,  where  you  "re  stopping,  ot- 
make  a  clear  bargain  with  the  driver.  If  this  is  duly  ol  )served,  there  need 
he  no  fear  of  imposition,  at  least  on  the  American  side.  Wo  have  seen  some 
strange  and  really  funny  filings,  on  the  Canadian  side.  "We  havr  in  mind 
one  individual  fleeing  from  tho  co-aing  wrath  of  an  exorbitant  hiickman, 
and  the  driver  in  hot  pursuit.  Wo  will  also  say  Mark  f)ut  your  line  of 
travel  for  tho  day,  and  don't  be  gulled  by  useless  museums;  many  pooi^o 
have  been  detei-red  from  visiting  Niagara,  by  fear  of  exorbitant  prices. 
But  it  is  now  in  good  hands,  and  we  think  Ave  are  correct  in  saying,  that  in 
no  place  does  the  tourist  see  as  much,  or  enjoy  more  for  the  money  spent. 
During  the  last  two  years  the  surroundings  of  the  Falls  have  been 
greatly  improved  on  the  American  side,  and  a  fine  park  enclosed,  and 
laid  out  in  walks.  It  was  (piite  the  thing  to  do,  and  the  improvement 
is  worth  more  than  the  extra  quai-ter  the  owner  demands.  It  is  now 
secure,  even  for  children  and  absent-minded  lovers.  The  walled  battle- 
ments present  safe  stand-points  which  command  the  finest  views.  This 
project  at  first  created  quite  a  sensation  among  tho  rural  people  near 
Niagara,  but  now  it  is  universally  conceded  to  be  a  great  benefit, 
especially  to  tourists  and  travelers  who  appreciate  the  comforts  of  civil- 
ized life. 

With  this  introduction  we  will  noAv  proceed  to  take  a  look  at  the 
Bceneiy.  The  American  Fall  (900  feet  across,  164  feet  high)  is  only  a 
short  distance  from  the  village.  We  have  seen  pictures  of  these  Falls, 
from  Church's  masterpiece  to  the  hastily-engraved  cut  of  a  guide-bodk. 
We  all  have  an  idea  how  the  Falls  look,  but  they  never  speak  to  ■  s 
until  we  have  looked  over  that  deep  abyss,  -ud  up  the  stream  which 
ever  rushes  on,  like  an  army  to  battle,  and  down  the  crowded  chasm. 


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>rhere  the  block  watent  liavo  wurn  thoir  piissiige,  tliri.  tgU  the  silent,  un- 
known ceiiturioa.  Uumembor  wliiit  thtty  Hay  to  you,  oh,  hearer  1  aud 
itM  you  look  upon  thum  tbu  hxat  time  uncover  your  head  a  ttingle  mo- 
muut.  The  UinijiuKja  iu  adilrcMHt-d  tu  your  houI.  Oue-oighth  of  a  mile 
bulow  thtise  fulb  is  the  new  HuupenHiun  Bridge,  the  longest  iu  the 
world — l:iOO  foot  in  length,  the  towcrsj  ItX)  feet  high,  aud  cables  1800 
feet  loug.  This  ciirriivgo  and  foot-wiiy  was  long  needed,  ond  now  not 
only  preseuta  a  tine  view  of  the  TuUh  from  every  stand-poiut,  but 
affords  the  most  couveuieut  route  to  the  views  on  the  Canada  side.  It 
was  opened  to  the  publiu  January  4th,  1869.  Goat  Island,  the  natural 
Central  Park  of  the  Falls,  is  connocted  with  the  American  sitlc  by  a 
bridge.  Tlio  area  of  the  island  is  ubont  sixty  acres.  In  our  hasty 
sketch  wo  will,  however,  only  name  the  i)laco8  to  bo  visited,  leaving 
the  description  to  the  local  guide  books.  The  Cave  o£  the  Winds, 
with  its  mtigniflcent  curtain  of  ch  nging  beauty,  the  Rainbow,  the 
"Wiiirlpool  Riipids,  reached  by  the  Doublo  Elevator.  Terrapin  Bridge 
and  Prospect  Tower,  overlooking  Horse  Shoo  Falls  (about  1900  feet 
wide  and  158  feet  high).  On  the  Camida  side  the  principal  point*  of 
interest  are  Table  Rock  and  the  broad  Causeway,  where  one  can  feel 
all  the  glory  of  Niagara,  and  where  Mrs.  Sigourney  wrote  those  ex- 
pressive lines — 

"  God  lins  net 
His  riiiiilmw  on  thy  foielieiul,  iiiiil  tliii  clouds 
Miinlled  .iroiuid  thy  feet." 

Burning  Spring  is  about  a  mile  above  Table  Rock,  near  the  river  edge. 
Not  far  from  this  tlie  battle  of  Chippewa  wivs  fought,  July  5,  1814. 
And  also,  a  mile  and  a  half  from  the  falls,  is  the  battle  ground  of 
Lundy's  Lane.  Tho  ^i^iTspension  Bridge,  two  miles  below,  is  a  triumph 
in  art;  the  Whirlpool  i .  about  a  mile  below  this  bridge.  Many  writers 
have  attempted  to  (locriV)e  Niagara,  but  in  every  description  there  is 
something  lacking.  We  can  give  its  dimensions,  its  iieight  and  breadth, 
aod  point  out  the  ]ilaces  to  be  seen;  but  there  is  a  Unity  about  Niagara 
which  can  only  be  felt.  It  makes  one  wish  that  David  coul4  have  seen 
it,  and  added  a  new  chapter  to  the  Psalms. 

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Each  niglit  tlie  American  Falls  will  be  illumimited  by  the 
Electric  Light,  producing  the  rare  and  beautiful  phenomenon  of 
the  lunar  bow. 

Remembeh  I  from  no  other  Hotel  at  Niagara  can  a  view  of 
the  Falls  and  Electric  Light  be  had. 


//f  ts  ojuy  seen  from  the  ''CLIFTON" 

Stages    and    Porters    meet  all    Trains    at    Niagara    Falls, 
N.  Y. 

For  information  or  rooms,  address, 

COLBURN  &  MCQMBER, 

lTia.e:ara   Falls,   17.   7. 


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ton House  which,  perhaps,  enjoys  the  finest  location  of  any  Hotel  at 
Niagara  for  continuous  companionship  with  the  Falls.  Here,  a  person 
can  sit  upon  the  verandah  or  in  his  own  room,  and  realize  that  he  is  at 
Niagara.  There  is  no  need  of  going  anywhere  to  look  after  the  Falls. 
The  "  Clifton  House  "  is  within  ten  minutes'  walk  of  the  American  side, 
just  over  the  new  Suspension  Bridge.  We  call  the  attention  of  the 
reader  to  the  principal  attractions  of  tins  Hotel,  which  wo  have  con 
densed  on  the  opposite  page.  A  pleasant  run  of  an  hour  up  the 
American  side  of  Niagara  river  ')rings  us  to 

BuPFAiiO,  a  flourishing  city  <  ."  125,000  inhabitants.  It  has  a  fine  com- 
mercial location  at  the  foot  of  Lake  Erie,  on  the  main  line  of  the  NeAV 
York  and  Central  E.R.  Its  main  street  and  thoroughfares  are  well  laid 
out,  and  everything  reveals  thrift  and  prosperity.  The  Tilft  House  is  a 
pleasant  hotel  in  the  heart  of  the  city,  but 

Piebce's  Palace  Hotel,  about  ten  minutes'  drive  from  the  depot  by 
carriage,  or  fifteen  minutes  by  horse-car,  is  the  most  beautiful  and  com- 
modious hotel  and  summer  resort  we  have  visited  for  many  a  day.  The 
architectural  features  and  interior  finish  are  said  to  be  the  finest  in  the 
world.  Its  surroundings  are  beautiful,  and  the  view  fi-om  window  and 
tuiTet  is  grand  and  extensive. 

From  Niagara  tourists  may  make  the  round  trip  to  Montreal,  Lake 
Champlain,  Lake  George,  and  Saratoga,  or  th^^  still  longer  round  trip  to 
Montreal,  the  Green  and  White  Mountains,  and  so  to  New  York,  via 
Portland  and  Boston.  Tourists  taking  either  of  these  trips  have  ttDO 
routes  to  Montreal— one  via  the  Grand  Trunk  Railroad,  the  other  dm  that 
do'WTi  the  Lake  and  St.  Lawrence.  The  i-apids  and  islands  are  interest- 
ing features  of  the  route  as  indicated  in  our  description  of  the  Thousand 
Islands. 

ToBONTO  is  an  interesting  jJace  to  visit,  known  as  the  Queen 
City  of  Western  Canada.  Its  handsome  bay,  its  fine  lake  port,  its  com- 
mercial enterprise  and  its  public  Tmildings,  are  everywhere  noted.  The 
best  hotel  of  the  city  is  "The  Qiieen's."  The  population  of  Toronto 
is  about  70,000. 

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CiiEVEiiAND.  The  pleasantcBt  route  to  the  great  West  is,  in  our  opioion, 
the  Hudson  Eiver  and  the  New  York  Central,  and  the  Michigan  and 
Lake  Shore  Railroads,  and  the  pleasantest  city  is  Cleveland,  Ohio.  It 
was  originaUy  settled  by  persons  from  New  Haven,  and  we  see  the  moth- 
er's beauty  inherited  by  her  fair  daughter  ;  in  fact,  the  public  squares 
and  noble  avenues  are  the  finest  in  the  land.  The  tourist  should  mak. 
this  his  resting-place  ou  tbe  way  to  Chicago,  and  take  a  drive  on  "Eu- 


KENNABD   HOTTSE. 

D.  McClaskt,  Pbopkietob.  _  . 

oHd  Avenue."  This  avenue  is  pronounced  by  many  travelers  the  finest 
in  the  world.  For  two  miles  it  presents  on  unbroken  vista  of  all  that 
is  pleasant  in  trees,  shrubbery,  and  architecture. 

The  finest  hotel  is  the  Kennnrd  House,  a  cut  of  which  is  here  given, 
where  the  traveler  will  fiad  everything  for  his  comfort  and  convenience. 
It  is  a  first-class  house  in  every  particular.  The  only  Hotel  I.i  Cleveland 
witli  an  elevator,  aiid  its  popular  proprietor  is  known  from  New  York  to 
San  FranciBCo. 

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SARATOGA,  LAKE  GEORGE,  AND  PLATTSBURG. 

From  Albany  we  take  the  Rensselaer  and  Saratoga  Railroad  (division 
of  the  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal  Company)  direct  to  Saratoga,  or  by 

■way  of 

Tbot,  at  the  head  of  tide- water,  the  enterprising  city  of  the  Hudson. 
In  fact,  it  might  be  considered  the  live  town  of  the  river. 


tbot  house. 


B.  F.  Stiles,  rroi)rietor. 
hotel    is    the    Troy    House, 


The  best  hotel  is  the  Troy  House,  comer  First  and  River 
streets,  and  we  take  pleasure  in  presenting  and  endoi-sing  the  following 
brevities;  "The  Troy  House  is  the  leading  and  only  first-class  house  in 
the  city.  Recently  refurnished,  electric  bells,  telephone,  telegraph 
office,  and  eveiy  convenience  that  health  and  comfort  can  suggest;  a  table 
supplied  with  all  the  delicacies  of  the  season;  attentive  a: id  courteous 
employees,  all  striving  to  please;  location  central,  being  among  the  lead- 
ing mercantile  interestb  and  public  buildings  of  the  city,  and  within  two 

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minutes'  walk  of  the  landing  of  the  palace  steamboats  '  Saratoga '  and 
'City  of  Troy,'  Daily  line  to  New  lork,  and  four  blocks  from  Union 
R.R.  depot,  making  it  the  most  couveuient  and  accessible  house  in  the 
city.     Free  '  bus*  to  and  from  the  house. " 

Prom  this  point  we  take  the  Fiensselaer  and  Saratoga  R.  R.,  and  pass 
tlirougli  Waterford,  Colioes  and  Mechauicville,  to 
Round  Lake,  seen  on  the  right,  with  its  pleasant  cottages. 
B.VLLSXON  Spa,  25  miles  from  Troy,  is  a  quiet  and  plerisant  place,  and 
at  one  time  was  the  rival  of  Samtoga.     Seven  miles  more  bring  us  to 
SabaIooa  Springs,  thirty-two  miles  from  Troy,  182  from  New  York. 
The  principal  features  of  Saratoga  are  the  springs  and  the  hotels,  and 
these  are  in  profusion  on  every  hand.     Our  first  duty  will  be  to  locate  at 
a  hotel,  and  we  will  commence  with  a  description  of  the  largest,  and  after 
wo  ai-e  duly  located,  we  will  then  refer  to  the  principal  springs,  the  Lake 
and  our  favorite  walks  in  the  vicinity. 

The  Qvkhso  Unwn  .^otkl,  a  view  of  which  ii  giren  on  the  opposite 
page,  is  the  largest  hotel  on  this  continent,  and  pronounced  by  eyery 
one  the  finest  in  the  world.  It  was  purchased  four  years  ago  by  the 
late  A.  T.  Stewart,  or  rather  the  site  on  which  the  preaent  structure  now 
stands,  for  year  by  year  ?♦  has  developed  new  beauty,  and  stands  to-day 
the  model  of  strength  and  architectural  symmetry.  It  was,  indeed,  for- 
tunate for  Saratoga,  that  Mr.  Stewart  became  interested  in  the  growth 
and  welfare  of  the  place,  and  we  Uke  pleasure  in  repeating  a  paragraph 
which  recently  fell  under  our  notice,  •'  that  Mr.  Stewart  had  maturad 
plans  insuring  the  enjoyment  and  conTenience  of  the  guests  for  the 
coming  seaaon  surpassing  in  liberality  all  past  years,  and  with  the  inten- 
tion of  making  the  Grand  Union  the  most  elegant  watering  place  hotel 
on  this  continent,"  and  these  plans  will  be  fully  carried  out  by  those 
having  charge  of  his  estate. 

The  hotel  has  been  considerably  enlarged  since  the  past  season,  add- 
ing about  186  rooms,  and  parlors,  which  will  make  OTer  three  hundred 
suites  of  apartments,  with  bath-roms  and  all  convenience*.  The  din- 
ing-room has  also  been  extended  almost  one  hundred  fee*.,  and  is  un- 
doubtedly the  finest  in  tne  world.    The  new  ball-room  it  magoificratly 

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proportioned  and  elegantly  decorated.  "The  Oenini  of  Ameiica," 
Yyon'a  grand  Centennial  picture,  painted  for  Mr.  Stewart,  will  occopy 
the  entire  end  of  the  room.  The  music  during  the  season  will  be  sup- 
plied by  Giliuorp's  famous  band,  and  concerts  will  be  given  each  morn- 
ing upon  the  piazza,  and  hops  every  evening  in  the  ball-room.  It  is 
impossible  to  condense  in  the  brief  space  of  a  general  guide,  one  half  of 
the  attractive  features  of  the  Union.  Its  graceful  verandas  always  cool 
and  shaded,  its  magnificent  park  filled  with  trees  of  twenty  years* 
growth,  its  Opera  Hall  directly  opposite,  its  cheerful  cottages,  its  airy 
and  beautiful  office,  with  dome  rising  eighty  feet  above  the  marble 
pavement,  with  a  terrace  overlook  from  every  floor,  its  splendid  dining- 
room,  to  which  we  have  already  referred,  all  combine  to  render  this 
one  of  the  most  charming  hotels  in  the  worldL  The  grounds  and  boild- 
iags  now  cover  a  spac*;  seven  acres  in  extent,  and  the  hotel  presents  a 
street  froutage  of  fifteen  hundred  feet  The  house  is  newly  refurnished 
throughout  in  the  most  elegant  manner,  and  its  destiny  is  secure  in  the 
hands  of  Mr.  Olair,  its  populnr  manager. 

United  States  Hoteii.  This  hotel,  erected  on  the  site  of  the  old 
'  United  States,"  is  a  mammoth  and  stupendous  stmoture.  It  was  com- 
menced in  1873.  We  see  it  as  we  approach  the  station,  with  ita  long 
line  of  cottages  on  one  side,  and  its  long  wing  on  the  other,  reaching 
almost  to  the  raih-oad  track  as  if  standing  with  open  arms,  awaiting 
the  tourist  and  traveler.  In  the  June  number  of  the  College  Spectator, 
published  it  Saratoga  Springs,  there  is  a  full  description  of  its  stupen- 
dous proportions,  from  which  we  quote  the  following:  "The  building 
occupies  a  plot  of  ground  of  seven  acres  in  extent,  in  the  form  of  an 
iiregular  pentagon.  It  has  a  frontage  on  Broadway,  of  two  hundred 
and  thirty-two  feet,  six  inches,  and  a  frontage  of  five  hundred  and  three 
feet  on  Division  street,  also  a  frontage  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-three 
feet  on  Bailroacl  Place.  The  architectural  features  of  the  main  boild- 
ing,  present  the  Norman  style  of  architecture.  The  grand  ball  room 
is  located  in  the  second  story  of  the  railroad  front,  fifty  feet  wide,  by 
one  hundred  and  twelve  feet  long.  The  main  building  is  six  stories  in 
height,  the  sixth  story  being  the  mansard  roof. "    Although  Sai-atoga 

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is  natrjrally  a  sandy  place,  this  hotel,  every  foot  ot  it,  is  "  founded  on 
a  rock,''  and  lias  in  every  sense  one  of  the  finest  foundations  in  the 
world,  resting  on  the  solid  Silurian  formation  of  its  old  reputation,  and 
on  the  successful  management  of  Tompkins,  Gage  &  Go. 

The  Hotel  enterprise  of  our  country  rather  surpriaes  even  a  Euro- 
pean traveler.  And,  in  fact,  it  is  a  marvel  to  find  a  city  of  hotels  in  a 
country  so  new  as  the  United  States.  This  building  is  a  fit  tyjje  of  the 
growth  of  our  country,  and  speaks  well  for  a  Centennial  o"  prosperity. 
With  such  enterprise,  wealth,  and  foresight  directing  the  afiOairs  of 
Saratoga,  this  watering  place  has  no  occasion  to  fear  the  future.  It  is 
the  morning  of  her  history; 

"  For  we  are  ancients  of  the  earth, 
And  in  the  morning  ot  our  times." 

Congress  Hall  is  built  on  the  site  of  the  famous  hotel,  the  "Con- 
gress "  of  early  Saratoga,  and  is  drawn  up,  as  it  were,  rank  and  file,  front 
to  front  with  the  Grand  Union.  It  lias  a  frontage  on  Broadway,  the  gay 
thoroughfare  of  Saratoga,  of  416  feet,  and  its  beautiful  promenade 
piazza,  twenty  feet  wide,  is  one  of  the  best  commanding  points  to  take 
in  the  "  ebb  and  flow  "  of  this  fashionable  city.  It  ia  the  most  central 
to  the  principal  springs.  Flanked  on  one  side  by  "Congress  Spring" 
and  its  beautiful  park,  on  the  other  by  the  "  Hathorn,"  and  on  the  rear 
the  well-known  "Hamilton  Spring,"  its  fine  location,  its  beautiful 
rooms,  its  large  halls  and  well-shaded  piazzas  and  graceful  architecture, 
place  it  among  the  three  great  hotels  of  Saratoga.  Congi-ess  Hall  was 
purchased  in  1878  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Clement,  of  Cincinnati,  O. ,  President 
of  the  Cincinnati  and  Southern  Eailroad  Co.,  and  Mr.  John  Cox,  of  New 
York,  gentlemen  of  wealth  and  enterprise,  who  have  jilaced  it  under 
the  following  admirable  management: 

Mr.  H.  S.  Clement,  late  one  of  the  i^roprietors  of  the  well-known  Lin- 
dell  Hotel,  of  St.  Louis,  and  formerly  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
Congress  Hall  in  1870  and  1871;  and  Mr.  Wilkinson,  formerly  one  of  the 
managers  of  the  Grand  Union,  Saratoga,  have  taken  the  control  of 
Congress  Hall,  and  intend  to  make  it  equal  in  every  particular  to  the 
best  hotels  of  Saratoga  or  the  Continent.    The  proprietors  know  the  old 


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prestige  of  the  "CongreHH,"  ami  are  detormiucil  that  it  shall  not  be 
second  to  any  iu  the  "city  of  hotels." 

Congress  Hall  will  accouimodate  over  1,000  guests.  It  is  built  in  the 
most  substantial  manner.  The  rooms  arc  all  large,  high,  and  well  ven- 
tilated. The  halls,  dining-rooms,  parlors,  and  offices  arc  of  grand  pro- 
portions, and  furnished  with  elegance  and  taste.  Evoiything  is  done  to 
secure  the  pleasure  of  guests.  Courtesy,  attention,  cleanliness,  cuisine, 
everything  speaks  the  care  of  men  wlio  are  competent  for  tlieir  i)ositions. 
Persons  who  secure  rooms  fronting  to  the  south,  will  command  a  full 
view  of  the  beautiful  Congress  Park,  to  which  we  allude  on  a  following 
page. 

The  Clarendon  Hotel  stands  on  a  fine  elevation,  and  presents  an 
agreeable  contrast  to  the  other  large  hotels,  as  it  is  the-  only  one  "clad 
in  white."  It  has  a  bright  and  cheerful  appearance,  witli  fine  sliady 
grounds,  and  here  of  a  summer  evening,  one-lialf  of  Saratoga  come,  just 
before  ' '  bedtime, "  to  get  a  drink  of  the  celebrated  ' '  Washington  Hpring, " 
a  tonic  water  which  bubbles  and  sparkles  like  champagne.  The  Claren- 
don can  accommodate  five  hundred  or  six  hundred  guests,  and  has  held 
for  many  years  the  first  position,  as  it  is  filled  every  season  witli  an  aris- 
tocratic and  select  class  of  guests.  The  beautiful  grounds  lit  with  elec- 
tric light,  as  is  promised  tliis  season,  will  \>e  one  of  tlie  features  of  the 
summer.  The  extended  i)iazza  which  overlooks  the  "  Siiring"  and  the 
street,  is  one  of  the  pleasantest  "view  points"  to  study  liuman  nature. 
Mr.  J.  C.  Chamberlain,  formerly  connected  with  the  Clarendon  for  nine 
consecutive  years,  and  Mr.  J.  B.  Powell,  of  New  York,  are  sufiicient 
guarantee  that  the  high  standard  which  has  liitherto  characiterized  its 
management  will  be  fully  maintained. 

The  Adelphi. — This  hotel,  built  in  1877,  and  capable  of  accommo- 
dating 175  guests,  is  a  model  of  aiTangement  and  good  management. 
It  is  centrally  located  l>etwecn  the  Grand  Union  and  the  United  States. 
It  is  in  the  truest  sense  a  favorite  home  for  the  tourist  or  man  of  busi- 
ness. Its  bright  and  cheerful  i)iazzas,  three  stories  high,  present,  as  it 
were,  a  "box  orchestra,"  from  which  the  visitor  looks  down  upon  tl  j 
street  with  its  gay  equipage,   the  broad  sidewalk  and  the  extended 

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OLDEST  SPRING  IN  SARATOGA. 

ANA  LYSI  S. 

IIY  rnOF.  C.  K.  CIIASDLKIl,  OK  COHMllIA  COLLKOK. 

Tlio  I'oUowiiiK  iiiiuIvbIh  of  I  ho  High  Rock  SiJrinir  Watnr  whs  iiiado  by  Prof. 
C.  F.  Chandler,  I'h.  j'>.,of  Coluiiiltia  t'ollego  School  of  Miiuw,  who  viHitcd 
tho  Spring  and  itci-soMiiIly  collected  the  water  for  anulysiH,  and  fully  donion- 
Htrates  tho  wouderftil  medicinal  iiroperties  of  tho  water,  and  its  great  value 
aH  u  remedial  agent. 

AualyHia  of  one  U.  S.  Gallon ; 

Chlorltlo  <,f  Sodhun ••■^""•'IS  «'"'"" 

Chloildo of  rotRKHinm »•;"] 

llinrnliU*  of  Bomiim "-J^i 

ImlldB  o«  Smliiim O.Oiid 

Kliioriilo  of  Calchmi '"'')«'■•      „ 

Siilpliiito  of  I'utBHsa '•'«" 

Hicai'bouato  of  Baryta t™e' 

llicarbonafo  of  Rtroiii  I* W 

Itlcarbonato  of  J.liiio •■'•• 

Hicarbonato  of  AlaKnesla ^■ 

ilicarbonato  of  SckIb   ,' j,a 

nicarbonato  of  Iron ••* '" 

PhoHphatoot  Limo V*?.?'      .. 

Alumina 'a*'       „ 

Silica ■■    ^■^'' 

Total ■ •i'i'^OS"        ' 

Citlmnlc  Acid  Gas 409.4M  cub.  In. 

It  is  thu»  shown  that  tho  water  is  highly  charged  with  valuable  mineral  and 
gatjooua  properties. 

SOLD  B7  ALL  FBINGIFAL  HOTELS,  Q&OCEBS  ft  DBU99ISTS. 

PRICES. 

BBTAIL,  LE8H  THAN  TWELVK  IiOZKS. 
QaiiitR,  ill  boxes  of  -J  iloz.,  »  iloz.  nml  4  lUii.,  ■  •  •  •  *;l  00  j.ir  <loa. 

I'inlB,  In  boxt'H  of  4  do/..,  5  doz.  and  6  doz.,  •  •  •  •  ■        'J  "» 

WIlfiLKBALK,  I'Kll  i;lt(l»H. 
Qiinrts,  in  boxes  of  2  doz.,  3  doz.  anil  4  doz.,  .  .  .  .  ii  .W        "' 

I'inlH,  in  boxcH  of  4  do/..,  .'i  doz.  mid  0  doz.,  -  •  ...  .        1  7j       ' 

WAIKI!  l.N  m(,K. 
"M  ciiiits  ]ier  miUoii  if  baritl»  hi«  loiincd  by  thu  Co. 
MetaMined  barrels  for  salo  at  cost  iiiiei',  ami  loaned  to  riHiioUHilplo  parlien. 

BOTTLES  REFILLED  AT  USUAL  RATES.     A  LIBERAL  DISCOUNT  TO  THE  TRADE. 

Wm.  G.  Fargo,  President.  J.  McB.  Davidson,  See.  and  Treat. 

HENRY   SMITH,  Superintendent. 
AddrcsH  all  orders  and  couiniuuicationn  to  the  Superintendent,  at  .Sara- 
toga Springs,  N.  Y. 


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view  down  Phila  Htroet,  whicli  fronts  the  Ailolplii.  The  proprietor,  Mr. 
William  H.  McCaffrey,  has  ha<l  lou^?  experience,  and  the  visitor  who 
stops  at  the  pleasant  Adelphi,  will  do  so  a^ain  and  again,  so  long  as  he 
visits  Haratoga. 

Strono's  Remediaij  Institute  is  the  finest  health  resort  in  our  coun- 
try, and  is  not  only  a  Christian  home  for  the  sick,  but  also  a  grand  cen- 


;    :      -.  DRS.  STRONG'S  INSTITUTE.  SAR.\TOGA. 

(for  further  ir\fortnati(m,  tee  oppoaHe  page  Fourteen  oftHe  Omde.) 

tro  for  wealthy,  literary,  or  Christian  people.  It  is  the  sununer  resart 
of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Cuyler,  Hon.  O.  G.  Reynolds,  and  Ex-Governor  Wells, 
of  Virginia.  The  most  marked  features  are  its  liumogoneouH  society, 
its  social  life,  and  its  musical  entertainments. 

The  proprietors — Messrs.   S.   8.   &  S.    E.   Strong-^have  become  so 

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celebrated  in  their  various  specialties  that  leading  physicians  all  over 
the  country  recognize  the  fact  that  many  chronic  cases  can  be  treated 
more  eflfectually  in  an  institution  having  special  appliances  than  in  or- 
dinary practice,  and  aro  sending  more  and  more  such  cases  to  them  for 
treatment.  The  senior  proprietor  li^s  been  spending  sometime 
abroad  in  Paris  and  in  London,  giving  special  attention  to  the  latest 
researches  of  the  French  and  English  physicians.  The  house  is  open 
all  the  year,  and  has  no  appearance  of  invalidism. 


TEMPLE  GBOVE  SEMINABY  (STBEBT  FBONT). 


Teufle  Grove  Seminabx  has  a  delightful  location  on  what  was  once 
called  Temple  Eill,  iu  the  eastern  part  of  the  village.  The  institution 
is  under  the  efficient  management  of  Charles  F.  Dowd,  A.M.,  a  graduate 
of  Y.ild  College,  and  well  known  to  the  educational  world  as  conducting 
one  of  the  best  Young  Ladies'  Seminaries  in  the  State.  The  cuts  here 
given  present  a  fine  view  of  the  building.  The  grounds  comprise  about 
one  and  a  half  acres,  and  are  covered  with  a  grove  of  over  one  hundred 
native  forest  trees. 

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During  the  winter  Saratoga  combines  all  the  advantages  of  a  city 
■with  the  quiet  of  a  country  town;  for,  although  the  public  works  and 
beautiful  avenues  were  constructed  mainly  for  the  benefit  of  summer 
visitors,  they  are  none  the  less  to  the  advantage  of  those  who  live  here 
in  the  quiet  possession  of  them  from  September  to  June.  During  the 
rush  of  the  vacation  months,  Temple  Grove  is  turned  into  one  of  the 
most  delightful  summer  resorts  in  Saratoga,  and  combines  the  advan- 
uiges  of  a  commanding  position,  large  and  well-shaded  grounds,  and 
within  five  minutes'  walk  of  the  Springs.    From  the  Seminary  observa- 


TEMFIiE  OBOVE  BEMINABT  (OBOVE   SIDS). 


toiy  one  geia  a  fine  vieyr  of  tie  surrounding  country  for  miles  in  every 
direction.  From  the  Saratoga  San,  edited  by  our  friend  Mr.  A.  S.  Pease, 
we  clip  the  following: — 

"Among  the  institutions  of  which  Saratoga  has  just  reason  to  be 
proud  is  Temple  Grove  Seminary.  Under  the  excellent  and  skillful 
management  of  Professor  Dowd,  this  Seminary  has  attained  not  only  a 
State  but  a  National  eminence.  Among  the  pupils  are  young  ladies 
from  all  points  of  the  United  States,  and  the  reputation  of  the  Semi- 

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nary  is  steadily  increasing.  The  scholarship  of  the  graduates  of  Temple 
Grove  has  for  several  years  been  of  marked  excellence.  No  department 
of  mental  or  general  culture  seems  to  be  neglected,  but  everything  that 
contributes  to  a  perfect  education  is  carefully  regarded  by  the  Principal, 
and  inwrought,  a«  it  were,  into  the  character  of  the  pupil.  Not  only  is 
Professor  Dowd  to  be  congratulated  on  his  notable  success,  Irat  Saratoga 
Springs  possesses  no  institution  of  which  she  ought  to  feel  more  proud 
or  prize  more  highly  than  Temple  Grove  Seminary." 

Db.  Eobebt  Hamilton's  MEDiCAii  Institute,  on  Franklin  street,  is  an 
institution  for  the  treatment  of  various  chronic  and  special  diseases,  and 
is  conducted  by  one  of  Saratoga's  most  eminent  physicians,  who  haa  long 
enjoyed  a  good  reputation  as  a  practitioner,  and  is  a  conscientious 
student  of  medicine.  Many  are  familiar  with  his  institution  that  stood 
on  the  comer  of  Broadway  and  Congi-ess  street  for  many  years,  but  was 
biu-ned  in  the  disastrous  fire  that  swept  away  the  Park  place  and  Cre- 
scent Hotels. 

In  the  spring  of  1874,  Dr.  Hamilton  removed  to  Franklin  street,  one 
of  the  most  quiet  and  beaiitiful  streets  in  town,  and  has  now  one  of  the 
best  institutions  for  the  treatment  of  variv..;s  diseases.  He  is  one  of  the 
most  reliable  consulting  physicians  in  Saratoga  county,  and  having  long 
resided  and  practised  in  Saratoga,  and  obsei-ved  the  effects  of  theyaiious 
spring  waters  on  different  constitutions  and  in  different  diseases,  is  qual- 
ified to  give  advice  to  those  who  wish  to  drink  the  mineral  waters  in  a 
systematic  way  and  to  the  best  advantage.  Dr.  Haiailton  makes  a  spe- 
cialty of  this  practise,  and  is  recognized  as  a  most  excellent  authority 
on  the  subject. 

The  institiition  is  open  as  a  summer  .oarding-house  during  the  sea- 
son, is  kept  in  good  style,  and  in  such  a  manner  that  no  features  of  a 
medical  institute  are  observable.  The  terms  are  verj-  reasonable,  and 
all  the  medical  patrons  will  be  most  conscientiously  and  ably  treated, 
and  the  pleasure  guests  cared  for  with  faithful  attendance  to  their  wants. 
"We  append  a  notice  that  appeared  in  the  Saratoga  Sun,  April,  1874, 
which  shows  how  Dr.  Hamilton  is  regai-ded  at  home  by  those  who  know 
him  best: 

"  Up  to  the  time  of  the  destruction  of  'The  Crescent 'by  fire,  there 

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■was  probably  no  medical  institute  in  Saratoga  better  known  or  so  -well 
known  as  the  one  kept  by  Dr.  Robert  Hamilton.  His  common-sense 
method  of  treatment,  his  thorough  acquaintance  with  the  medical  prop- 
erties of  all  the  waters  of  all  the  spiings,  and  the  general  tone  of  health, 
vigor,  hopefulness,  and  social  comfort  which  distinguished  his  practise. 


hamh/ton's  medical  instttote. 
made  his  institute  popular  with  all  his  inmates,  and  famous  throughout 
the  land.  It  is  conveniently  located  on  Franklin  street,  in  the  most 
quiet,  genteel,  and  accessible  part  of  the  village,  and  those  who  desiro  to 
avail  themselves  of  the  excellent  methods  of  treatment,  and  the  superior 
advantage  of  his  institution,  will  do  wisely  to  make  eai-ly  application." 

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We  also  take  the  folto  wing  extract  from  tlie  Medical  Eclectic,  New  York, 

March,  1875:  ^  ^,     ^  ^    ^^ 

"Dr    Eobert  Hamilton,  of  Saratoga,  late  President  of  the  Eclectic 
Merlical  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York,  possesses  the  rarest  recuper- 
ative energy.     He  lost  a  fortune  last  fall,  at  the  burning  of  the  hotel; 
yet  before  the  ruins  had  ceased  to  smolder,  he  had  devised  and  set  in 
operation  on  Franklin  street,  a  new  medical  institute,  which  is  destined 
to  achieve  the  celebrity  and  success  of  its  predecessor.     He  attended  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  State  Society,  presided  with  ability,  and  delivered 
the  annual  address  with  the  same  apparent  lightftess  of  heart  and  man- 
ner as  thougli  there  was  no  consciousness  of  cmshiug  misfortune  settled 
upon  him.     We  have  so  long  known  his  goodness,  that  to  love  and  es- 
teem him  means  a  second  nature.  .  So,  too,  is  he  regarded  by  his  neigh- 
bors, his  patients,  aud  all  who  are  within  lus  circle  of  acquaintance. 
His  urbanity  and  kindness  of  disposition  are  only  equalled  by  his  skill 
and  success  as  a  practitioner.     His  tact  in  diagnosis  seldom  fails  him, 
and  in  treating  of  the  sick,  caring  for  them,  watching  for  favorable  and 
unfavorable  symptoms,  cheering  and  encouraging,  inviting  them  to  re- 
cover and  winning  back  health,  he  has  wonderfully  excelled.     The  sea- 
son now  about  to  begin  will  be  his  summons  to  new  activity,  and  we 
trust  to  abundant  success. "     Send  for  circular  of  the  Institute,  and  terms 
for  board,  to  Dr.  Bobert  Hamilton,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

During  the  past  year  the  capacity  of  the  institution  ha.s  been  consider- 
ably increased  and  portions  newly  furnished. 

The  Springs.— The  most  prominent  Springs  in  and  about  Saratoga, 
are  the  Hathorn,  the  Congress,  the  Excelsior,  and  the  High  Rock.  The 
Geyser,  two  miles  south  of  Saratoga,  and  th«3  Champion  Spouting 
Spring,  are  curiosities  well  worth  visiting;  but  to  our  mind,  the  greatest 
interest  clusters  about  the  "High  Rock"— the  old  medicine  spring  of 
the  Indian  tribes,  which  built  for  itself  a  solid  curb  stone,  in  the  ages 
long  passed  away,  and  seemed,  therefore,  to  their  untutored  minds,  a  gift 
from  the  Great  Spirit.  It  has  held  its  reputation  as  a  curative  spring 
against  its  later  rivals,  and  while  the  waters  of  other  springs  have  under- 
gone changes  since  they  were  discovered,  this  bubbles  up  with  the  same 

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Adirondack  Company's  Railroad 

FROM  SARATOGA  SPRINGS 

TO  LUZERNE,  HADLEY,  THITRMAN,  THE  GLEN,  EIVEE8IDE,  NORTH  CREEK, 

and   BLUE   MOUNTAIN   LAKE, 

FOHMINO  THK 

MOST  DIBECT  RAILBOAD  BOUTE 


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VALLEY  OF  THE  UPPER  HUDSON 

AND  THE  WILDERNESS. 
LINE  OF  TiTEEE  HEW  STEAMBOATS  ON  BLUB  MOTIHTAIH,  EA- 

OLE  &  UTOWANA  LAKES,  Alro,  on  RAQTJBTTE  LAKE. 
A  Route  of  Picturesque  and  Delightful  Scenery* 


/.t  RWeralde  StatlODi   stages  connect,    luuning  to  8CHR00N  LAKE, 
CHESTER,  POTTERSVILLE,  aud  tho  NORTH  WOODS. 

The  Adirondack  Stage  Gompauy,  carrying  Uixited  St»*  i  Mails  be- 
tween North  Creek  and  Blue  Mountain  Lake,  run  first-ola  four  and  six- 
horse  Concord  Coaches. 

Express  trains  leave  Saratoca  Springs  on  arrival  of  Morning  aud  Mid- 
day trains  from  the  South. 

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propei-ties  as  years  ago,  Avlien  the  Indian  tribes  bronght  their  sick  to  the 
chtti'med  fountain. 

The  Hathohn  Sprincj  was  accidentally  discovered  in  1868,  and  has 
already  taken  a  leading  place  for  its  curative  qualities,  and  it  has  l)eeu 
claimed  by  good  i)hysicians  that,  as  a  cathai-tic  and  alterative,  this  water 
stands  superior  to  all,  either  domestic  or  foreign,  in  the  treatment  of 
dyspepsia,  constipation,  toiijid  liver,  <Src.  The  quantity  of  salts  con- 
tained in  this  water,  excepting  the  chloride  of  sodium,  is  comparatively 
small.  Its  therapeutic  action,  however,  Avhen  taken  in  the  usual  quan- 
tity, is  much  greater  than  the  small  amount  of  the  salts  would  produce 
if  combined  artiticially.  In  its  remote  action  it  is,  like  other  mineral 
waters,  a  powerful  alterative,  when  taken  in  moderate  quantities,  for  a 
considerable  time. 

The  Conokess  Spring  is  a  highly  carbonated  saline  water — an  active 
and  powerful  cathartic,  promptly  relieving  constipated  conditions  of  the 
bowels,  and  by  continued  use  acting  remarkably,  also,  as  an  alterative, 
keeping  the  blood  in  a  veiy  pure  and  healthful  condition,  and  reno- 
vating the  entire  system.  Its  chemical  ingredients  are  almost  precisely 
those  of  the  human  body,  and  it  seems  AvonderfuUy  adapted  by  nature 
to  restore  and  repair  our  physical  systems  when  depleted  by  disease  or 
worn  and  exhaiisted  by  over-labor.  Thus  our  wasted  and  wasting  tissues 
and  energiesjire  renovated  and  revived,  and  life  itself  is  iml)ibed  with 
every  glass  of  Congress  Water.  We  call  attention  to  advertisement  on 
page  opposite  127. 

Congress  Park  is  a  delightful  pleasure-ground.  In  fact,  we  know  of 
no  park  of  equal  size  in  our  country  which  surpasses  it  for  beauty  of 
natural  sceufiy,  or  elegance  of  architectural  and  artistic  ornaments. 
The  old  picture  of  the  spring,  as  it  appeared  in  1816,  presents  a  great 
contrast  to  the  present  position  and  sun-oundings  of  the  new  pai-k. 
Saratoga  with  its  springs  and  park  and  magnificent  liotels — Lake 
George  with  its  qniet,  home-like  resorts.  Lake  Champlain  with  its  gi-and 
scenery,  and  the  Adirondacks,  with  unrivaled  lakes  and  wooded  moun- 
tains will,  in  our  opinion,  hold  their  own  against  the  summer  resorts  of 
the  Atlantic  coast. 


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FROM 

Saratoga  to  the  Adirondacks. 

ADIRONDACK  RAILROAD  TO  NORTH  CREEK. 
STAGES  TO  BLUE   MOUNTAIN   LAKE. 

"  THE    R  O  UND     TRIP." 

The  Adiroiulack  Eailroad  furuishes  the  pleasantest  excursion  to  be 
mode  from  Haratoga.  The  traveler  passes  through  the  romantic  and  pic- 
turesque valley  of  the  Upper  Hudsou— through  King's,  bouth  Corinth, 
Jessu^j's  Lauding  t'.  Hadley,  the  radroad  station  for  Luzerne,  a  charming 
village  at  the  junction  of  the  Hudson  and  the  Sacandaga.  "Rockwell's 
Hotel "  is  known  to  all  the  H<jjourners  of  Saratoga  as  the  place  to  secure 
a  game  dinner,  a  dish  of  trout,  and  a  "taste"  of  the  Avildemess. 

rur,suiug  the  railroatl,  we  pass  through  Stony  Creek  to  Tlmnnon, 
thirty -six  miles  from  Saratoga  Springs,  at  the  junction  of  the  Schroon 
river  and  the  Hudson.  The  next  stations  are  the  Glen,  44  miles,  and 
Riverside,  50  miles  from  Saratoga.  At  Riverside  persons  leave  the  cars 
for  Chester,  Pottersville,  Schroon  Lake,  and  Johnsburg. 

ScHROON  Lake. — A  stage  ride  of  seven  miles  from  Riverside  brings 
the  tourist  to  Schroon  Lake.  Thence  we  proceed  by  steamer  Effingham, 
Captain  P.  S.  Russell,  to  Wells'  House  Landing  ov  Schroon  Village. 
The  Wells'  House  is  a  fine  hotel;  Thomas  Wells,  Proprietor.  Retitming 
from  our  detnvr,  we  continue  our  trip  up  the  Adirondack  Eailroad  to 
North  Creek. 

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At  this  point  we  And  "  Concord  coaches  "  in  waiting  for  Blue  Moun- 
tain Lake-distance  about  thirty  miles,  through  a  beautiful  romantic 
country.  The  road  has  been  thoroughly  repaired,  and  the  traveler  will 
reach  Blue  Mountain  Lake  in  time  for  a  good  supper.  We  had  the  good 
fortune  to  make  this  trip  last  August,  and  we  hope  to  do  so  at  least  once  a 
year  for  the  next  decade.  Blue  Mountain  Lake  is  the  threshold  of  the 
Adirondacks,  and  furnishes  the  eaniest  way  to  get  into  the  Lake  District. 
The  stage  line  changes  horses  every  five  miles,  and  the  "  drivers"  swmg 
one  along  like  the  California  drivers  of  the  Yoser.iite.  The  hotels  at 
Blue  Mountain  Lake  have  been  doubled.  A  new  proprietor  from  Rich- 
field Springs  is  keeping  the  American  House  as  a  first-class  hotel.  It 
will  be  enlarged  this  season  to  accommodate  350  people.  There  is  a 
telegraph  line  now  in  operation  between  Blue  Mountain  Lake  and  Sara- 
toga Springs,  and  a  new  Steamer  on  the  Lake.  These  improvements, 
and  t^Ae  new  Restaui-ant  at  North  Creek,  make  everything  complete  for 

the  traveler. 

Our  friend,  Mr.  William  W.  Durant,  has  written  us  the  above,  and  we 
take  pleasure  in  presenting  it.  In  fact,  every  man  is  a  benefactor 
who  induces  his  neighbor  or  friend  to  visit  this  charming  section. 

The  steamer  route  is  as  follows:  In  the  morning  about 9,  if  we  remem- 
ber con-ectlv,  we  loft  the  rustic  Boat  House  in  front  of  the  hotel,  sr  led 
through  Blue  Mountain  Lake  and  Utowana  Lake  to  tlm  outlet,  a  dis- 
tance of  seven  miles.  The  "  can-y  "  at  this  point  is  two-thirds  of  a  mile 
lon-r,  when  we  took  a  fairy-like  .^earner  on  Marion  river.  The  river  trip 
is  four  miles  long  to  Forked  Lake,  and  we  remember  that  it  abounded 
with  "  water  lilies,"  which  were  gathered  by  the  heroic  voyagers  for  the 
fair  ones  in  their  charge.  .,    ,,,      „ 

Raquette  Lake  is  one  of  the  most  chai-mmg  of  the  "braided  lakes. 
It  has  ninety  mUes  of  coast,  and  we  understand  that  the  name  signified 
' '  star-like. "     The  name  Utowana  signifies  ' '  Lake  of  Plenty. " 

Arriving  at  "Forked  Lake  Carry,"  one  half  mile  brings  us  to  Leavitt's, 
or  Forked  Lake.  T-iis  is  really  the  first  "  hotel  in  the  woods,"  and  here 
the  traveler  gets  his  first  real  mountain  bill  of  fare.  In  brief,  we  wovUd 
like  to  have  stayed  there  a  month.     From  this  point  we  took  g^ude  and 

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rowboat  to  Kellogg's,  on  Long  Lako,  a  iliHtant'o  of  about  thirteen  miles. 
Tliis  is  a  line  hotel,  beautifully  located  and  well  kept. 

From  this  point  we  wont  north  througli  the  yaranaos  to  Martin's,  and 

took  stage  for  Lake  Plai'id.     The  bewt  hotel  is  on  the  hill,  and  commands 

a  magnificent  view  of  mountain  and  lake  scenery.     The  name  of  the 

hotel  has  escaped  us,  biit  we  have  not  forgotten  the  dinner,  and  we  i-an 

'    simply  ;.ay:  Take  the  liirge  hotel  on  the  hill. 

From  this  jioint  we  went  to  Keene  Flats,  and  stopped  Avith  "  Beede." 
Some  six  or  eight  yeara  ago  we  visited  Beede  on  our  Aviiy  from  Platts- 
burgh  to  Mount  Marcy,  and  Ave  were  delighted  to  see  tliat  he  had  out- 
grown the  quiet  fann  house,  and  now  finds  himself  proprietor  of  the  best 
conducted  hotel  of  the  Adirondacks,  accommodating  100  people.  It  is 
a  charming  and  healthful  spot,  and  only  five  miles  from  the  "Lower 
Ausable  Pond."  These  ponds,  the  "Lowei  "  and  "Upper,"  are  unri- 
valled in  beauty  and  grandeur.  They  lie  at  the  foot  of  Mount  Marcy, 
Haystack,  the  Gothics,  and  Mount  Bartlett. 

From  this  point  Ave  took  Beede's  stage  for  ElizabethtoAvu  and  West- 
port,  and  so,  viu  the  DelaAvare  and  Hudson  Canal  Company  to  Saratoga, 
made  the  round  trip  in  about  tAVO  Aveeks. 

We  would  suggest  that  the  tourist  from  Beede's  go  over  Mount  Marcy 
to  the  Deserted  Village  and  then  up  througli  Indian  Pass  to  Lake  Pla- 
cid, Avhich  Avould  make  a  fine  trip  for  four  or  fiA-e  days.  Wo  have  also 
made  the  trip  via  Schroon  Lake  to  the  Deserted  Village,  and  so  OA'er 
Mount  Marcy  to  the  Ausablt  Ponds  and  Beede's;  but  the  trip  which  we 
have  here  indicated,  viu  Blue  Mountam  Lake,  is  in  every  particular  the 
pleasantest  Avay  to  get  into  the  North  Woods,  and  then  persons  can  ex- 
ercise their  oAvn  ijreferenee  as  to  keeping  quiet  and  resting  in  some  shady 
^retreat,  or  taking  Avider  excursions. 

We  have  not  space,  in  these  brief  images,  to  express  our  love  and  en- 
thusiasm for  the  Adirondacks.  One  of  these  va<:ant  months  Ave  hope  to 
put  it  in  forty  or  fifty  pages,  for  nothing  less  than  this  can  do  it  real 
justice.  It  is  the  sensible  thing  to  do.  For,  ten  days  among  the  Pines 
and  GreenAvood,  at  an  altitude  of  2,000  to  5,000  feet,  is  v/orth  more  to 
restore  health  and  vigor,  than  a  month  in  other  Besorts. 

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SARATOGA  SPRINGS,  N.  Y. 


Wm.  H.  McCaffrey,  proprietor. 


Oixe  of  the  plectsctntest,  coziest 
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A  MODEL  OF  NEATNESS,  AND  A 
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LAKE  GEORGE. 

THE  LAKE  HOUSE  IHE  PLEASANT  HOTEL  OF  CALDWELL. 

From  Saratoga  tho  traveler  will  pursue  his  jourmy  to  Lnko  George, 
via  Fort  Edward  and  Glen's  Falls,  and  then  nine  miles  by  stage,  a  pleas- 
ant route,  or  via  Fort  Ti,  and  four  nnles  rnil  to  tho  Lake,  nnd  so  up  the 
Lake  to  Caldwell.  The  traveler,  however,  generally  makes  tho  round 
trip  via  Glen's  Falls,  and  so  down  tho  Lake  to  Fort  Ti,  and  this  not  only 
gives  variety  hut  takes  one  through  a  beautiful  country,  and  by  many 
points  of  historical  interest.  Between  Fort  Edward  and  Glen's  Falls,  is 
the  tree  where  Misa  McEea  was  killed  by  the  Indians,  and  after  taking 
the  stage,  tho  tiaveler  will  see  Bloody  Pond,  the  "Williams  Monument, 
and  many  other  points  connected  with  the  history  of  the  Revolution  and 
the  French  and  ludiiin  wars. 

The  Hotels.— TheLuke  House,  a  view  of  which  is  given  on  the  oppo- 
site page,  has  a  dcslightful  location,  and  taken  all  in  idl,  presents  to  our 
minds  the  greatest  attractions  to  tho  tourist.  It  seems  to  have  been  the 
object  of  those  interested  in  certain  hotels,  to  blind  the  eyes  of  those 
traveling  so  that  they  might  conclude  that  there  was  only  one  hotel  at 
the  Lake.  During  tho  last  four  years  we  have  spent  many  days  at  Cald- 
well, and  tested  the  entertainment  of  all  the  hotels,  nnd  we  give  without 
reserve,  the  verdict  to  tho  Lake  House,  In  days  like  these,  which  try 
men's  pockets,  the  traveler  wishes  to  get  the  worth  of  his  money,  and 
this  he  will  be  sure  to  d .  b  the  hotei  wo  have  indicated.  Therefore,  if 
some  enthusiastic  porter  ii^dists  on  taking  charge  of  your  baggage  at  the 
ornamental  front  of  some  other  house,  remember  it  only  occupies  thirty 
seconds  to  have  him  "put  it  back,"  and  only  two  minutes  thereafter  to 
be  driven  to  the  Lake  House.  The  trees  and  grounds  of  this  hotel  are 
very  tasty,  and  tho  pleasant  cottages  are  an  attractive  feature.  The  Pro- 
prietor, Mr.  F.  G.  Tucker,  has  made  extensive  improvements,  and  there 
is  no  finer  table  in  the  United  States.  The  hotel  is  300  feet  long,  with 
piazzas  fronting  the  Lake  and  Street,  with  an  open  porch  on  one  side, 
shaded  with  maples,  and  lawn  sloping  toward  the  Lake.  Tfr^a  $2  per 
day  for  June,  $2.50  for  July,  August  and  September.  All  steamboats 
leave  tho  Lake  House  dock,  and  stages  leave  the  door  connecting  with 
trains.    As  stages  start  from  here,  outside  seats  are  readily  obtained. 

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CROSBYSIDE-LAKE  GEORGE. 

C110SBY3IDE  HOTEL.-F.  G.  CROSBY,  Pbopbietob. 
After  leaving  the  Lake  House  landing  the  little  steamer  crosses  the 
Lake  to  Crosbysiae,  Avith  its  attractive  grounds  and  magnificent  location. 
We  regi-et  that  wa  have  not  a  picture  to  help  us  express  our  admiration 
of  this  charming  place.    The  view  from  the  veranda  commands  the  Lake 
for  fifteen  miles,  with  Tongue  Mountain  in  full  view,  and  Dome  Island, 
Long  Island,  and  Recluse  Island  in  the  distance.    It  is  admitted  by  ev- 
ery one  that  no  house  on  the  Lake  has  such  a  fine  prospect.    It  seems  to 
be  located  in  just  the  right  place,  and  every  guest  says,  in  just  the  right 
hands.    Mr.  F.  G.  Crosby  has  gathered  to  himself,  by  his  personal  qual- 
ities, the  best  people  who  visit  Lake  George.    As  Mr.  Stoddard  has  re- 
marked iu  his  Guide  :  "  Crosbyside  is  to  Lake  George,  what  the  Claren- 
don is  to  Saratoga,  having  an  unostentatious  but  select  class  of  visitors." 
It  has  capacity  for  accommodating  about  200  guests,   and  the  same  old 
faces  are  drawn  back  again,  year  by  year,  not  only  by  the  delightful  sur- 
roundings, but  as  has  been  well  said,  by  "  the  bountifully  supplied  table, 
made  inviting  by  its  crisp  purity  and  dainty  niceness."  The  natural  park 
near  at  hand;  is  also  a  pleasant  featm-e,  and  the  broad  piazza  and  cheerful 
dravving-rooms  are  suggestive  of  comfort  and  repose.  It  is  a  quiet,  beau- 
tiful spot,  and  almost  every  day  some  visitor  to  the  Lake  says  :  "if  we 
had  only  known  of  Crosbyside  before."  It  is  one  of  the  few  hotels  which 
exist  without  advertising,  or  rather  it  needs  no  other  advertisement  than 
the  good  words  of  friends  who  come  annually,  to  make  themselves  and  Mr. 
CiJsbyalika  happy.    It  is  natural  that  the  stages  should  prefer  to  stop  at 
Caldwell,  but  they  arc  willing  to  take  the  traveler  without  extra  charge,  to 
Crosbyside,  and  we  are  sure  the  tourist  will  consider  it  worth  something  to 
be  in  the  hands  of  a  gentleman  who  is  always  himself,  and  in  a  condi- 
tion to  take  care  of  his  guests.  Board  from  $10  to  $20  per  week,  depend- 
ing upon  size  and  situation  of  rooms.     Go  there  if  you  can  get  past  the 
runuers,  and  you  will  find  it  harder  still,  to  leave  such  a  home. 

For  al!  pouits  down  the  Lake  we  refer  the  traveler  to  Stoddard's  Guide 
of  Lake  George,  givii'gan  accurate  description  of  the  Islands,  Mountains, 
and  everj'thing,  in  fact,  which  the  traveler  wishes  to  know.  His  Hand- 
Book  to  Lake  George  and  the  Adirondaoks,  leave  little  to  be  desired  in 

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the  way  of  information  and  suggestion ;  and  wo  will  only  add,  that  we 
have  yet  to  see  a  person  who  was  not  charmed  with  Lake  George.  The 
trip  through  the  Lake  connects  with  the  Railroad  for  Fort  Ti.,  and  the 
tourist  often  comes  and  goes  by  that  way,  avoidmg  the  stage  Ime ;  but  for 
ourselves,  we  like  the  "round  trip,"  and  the  carriage  ride  from  Glen's 
Falls.  We  might  also  add,  that  the  touri  t  can  stop  at  the  charming 
Rockwell  House,  Glen's  Falls,  and  have  a  fiae  morning  ride  to  the  Lake, 
connecting  with  the  steamer,  which  is  a  great  convenience  if  the  traveler 
is  worn  or  tired.  This  affords  the  visitor  an  opportunity  of  visiting  points 
of  interest  about  Glen's  Falls,  without  losmg  any  points  of  interest  on 

the  Lake.  •.  ,   j 

The  reader  who  does  not  visit  Lake  George  may  feel  that  he  is  switched 
oflf  on  a  side-track  at '  Fort  Edward,  and  returning  to  his  rescue,  we 
proceed  again  via  the  main  line  through  Dunham's  Basin,  Smith's  Basin, 
Fort  Ann  and  Comstock's  Landing,  to 

WHrrEHAiii,  a  village  of  six  or  seven  thousand  inhabitants,  with  a 
romaotio  location  at  the  head  of  Lake  Champlain.  This  village  is  the 
centre  of  a  large  lumber  trade,  and  has  a  location  quite  1  Ike  an  infant 
Chicago.  The  best  hotex  is  Hall's  Opera  House  Hotel,  well  built  and 
weU  managed.  The  Opera  House  is  one  of  the  finest  in  Northern  New 
York,  having  a  seating  capacity  of  about  1,500.  It  was  completed  and 
opened  by  Edward  HaU,  in  the  Fall  of  1875. 

NEW  YORK  AND  CANADA  RAILWAY. 

From  Whitehall  the  traveler  has  two  routes  before  him  for  Montreal, 
one  via  Port  Kent,  Plattsburgh,  and  Rouse's  Point ;  the  oth'^r  via  Rut- 
land, Burlington  and  St.  Albans.  The  new  route  via  the  New  York  and 
Canada  Railroad,  completed  in  the  Summer  of  1876,  opens  up  a  romantic 
and  delightful  country  for  Summer  travel.  It  crosses  all  the  thresholds 
for  tho  Adirondacks,  and  shortens  the  journey  to  the  mountam  districts. 
It  passes  through  five  mountam  ranges,  the  most  southerly,  the  Black 
Mountain  range,  terminating  in  Mt.  Defiance,  with  scattermg  spurs  com- 
ing down  to  the  very  shore  of  the  Lake. 

The  second  rani|e  is  known  as  the  Kayaderosseras,  the  terminations  of 

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which  lie  along  the  shore  Jiorth  of  Ticondcroga,  culminating  in  Bulwagga 
Mown  tail  . 

The  ;''  rd  range  passes  through  the  western  part  of  Schroon,  the  north- 
em  par  '  f  Moriali  and  centre  of  Westport,  ending  in  Split  Rock  Moun- 
tain. Tho  fourth  range,  the  Bouquet  Range,  ends  in  high  bluffs  on  Wills- 
boro  Bay.  Here  the  famous  Red  Rock  Cut  is  located,  and  the  longest 
tunnel  on  the  line. 

The  fifth  range,  once  known  as  the  Adirondack  Range,  as  it  includes 
the  most  lofty  of  the  Adirondack  Mountains,  viz. :  Mclntyre,  Golden  and 
Tahawas,  end  in  a  rocky  promontory  known  as  Tremblau  Point,  at  Port 
Kent.  These  facts,  which  we  know  will  be  of  interest  to  the  traveler,  are 
found  in  the  Plattsburgh  Republican — the  great  Thesaurus  of  Tahawas 
matters.  The  historical  sketch  of  this  road,  written  by  Mr.  G.  F.  Bixby, 
its  able  editor,  was  highly  complimented,  and  re-printed  by  the  oflScers  of 
the  Road. 

No  wonder  with  these  mountain  ranges  to  get  through  that  the  subject 
was  agitated  year  after  yeai*,  and  it  was  only  when  the  Hudson  and  Dela- 
ware Canal  Company  put  their  strong  shoulder  to  the  wheel  that  the 
work  begun  to  go  forward.  For  theso  mountains  meant  tunnels,  and  rock 
cuts,  and  bridges,  and  cash.  Leaving  Whitehall,  we  pass  through  the 
tunnel  near  the  old  steamboat  landing,  across  the  marsh,  which  must  have 
suggested  the  beginning  of  the  Pilgrim's  Progress,  for  it  seemed  almost 
bottomless,  we  are  wheeled  along  the  narrow  end  of  the  Lake,  still 
marked  by  light-houses,  where  steamers  once  struggled  and  panted 
"like  fish  out  of  water,"  and  fulfilled  the  Yankee's  ambition  of  nmning 
on  a  heavy  dew.     Winding  in  and  out  along  tlie  shore  we  proceed  to 

TicoNDEROOA,  23  miles  from  Whitehall.  Here  terminates  the  first 
range  of  the  Adirondacks,  to  which  we  have  already  referred,  viz. :  Mount 
Defiance.  Steamers  com^ect  with  the  train  at  this  point  on  Lake  Cham- 
plain,  also  a  Railroad  for  Lake  George.  Near  the  station  we  get  a  view 
of  old  Fort  Ticonderoga,  where  Ethan  Allen  breakfasted  early  one  morn- 
ing, and  said  grace  in  a  brief  and  emphatic  manner. 

The  Lake  now  widens  into  a  flue  sheet  of  water,  and  crossing  the  Lake 
George  outlet,  enters  a  deep  rock-cut  which  soon  deepens  into  a  tunnel 
some  300  feet  long. 

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Cbown  Point  is  34  miles  north  of  Whitehall,  with  its  blast  furnaces 
and  branch  railroad  to  Hammondville  mines,  some  thirteen  milea  in 
length,  up  the  Valley  of  Put  Creek.  Passing  along  the.  shore  of  Bul-wag- 
ga  Bay,  vre  come  to 

PoBT  Henby,  40  miles  from  "Whitehall,  where  there  are  more  blast  fur- 
naces and  another  private  Eailroad,  seven  miles  long,  to  Mineville,  -we 
pass  through  another  cut  and  another  tunnel  some  300  feet  long.  A  few 
miles  above  this  the  roailroad  leaves  tho  Lake  at  Mullen  Brook,  the  first 
departure  since  we  left  Wliitehall,  and  we  are  greeted  with  cultivated 

fields  and  a  charming  landscape.  ■•        •      t 

Westport,  fifty-one  miles  from  Whitehall  the  Eailroad  station  for 
EuzABBTHTOWN,  the  couuty  seat  of  Essex.  It  is  about  eight  miles 
distant  from  the  station,  and  we  know  of  no  pleasanter  village  nestled 
among  the  mountains.  A  county  consisting  mostly  of  mountain  scenery 
could  have  no  happier  location  for  a  head-centre.  The  Mansion  House 
is  the  finest  hotel  in  the  village.  The  Rev.  Henry  Ward  Beecher  was  at 
Elizabethtown  in  the  Summer  of  1876,  and  dedicated  a  church  for  a  friend. 
It  is  related  that  his  principal  occupation  for  several  days,  wis  walking 
up  and  down  the  veranda  and  saying  to  himself :  "Isn't  it  /jrand— this 
circle  of  mountains  ?  " 

Passengers,  however,  who  are  °-n  route  for  Keene  Flats  and  the  moun- 
trm  district,  will  always  remember  that  the  best  route  is  via  Port  Kent, 
Reeseville,  and  the  Ausable  Chasm,  as  there  is  a  daily  stage  from 
the  Lake  View  House,  Ausable  Chasm,  to  Keene  Valley.  It  is,  with- 
out doubt,  the  best  conducted  stage  line  in  the  United  States. 

Keene  FijAts  is  to  our  mind  <Ae point  of  the  eastern  slope  of  the  Adi- 
rondacks — only  four  miles  f  u  the  Ausable  Ponds.  Smith  Beeda  has 
the  larg(!H^  and  most  commodious  ho  «1  the  nearest  to  the  Lakes,  and  on 
the  highest  pround,  some  l.aOO  feet  above  tide-water.  When  a  person 
gets  to  Beed.  ;  he  has  a  right  to  say  he  is  in  the  "country,"  and  on  the 
shore  of  Lak.  Walanche,  he  might  sa/ he  was  in  the  "wilderness."  A 
short  distance  orth  of  Westport  we  enter  the  well  cultivated  Boquet 
Valley,  and  afti .  a  pleasant  run  we  come  to  Wellsboro  Falls,  where  we 
enter  seven  miles  of  rock  cutting.  The  road  is  about  90  feet  above  the 
lake,  and  the  cuts  in  many  places  are  from  90  to  100  feet  high.     After 

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leaving  Bed  Bock  Cut,  we  pass  throitgh  a  tunnel  600  feet  long.    CrosMng 
Higby's  Gorge  and  around  Tremblau  Mountain,  we  come  to 


UOKSKSHOK    AND   niRMINGHAM   FA^  T 


PoBT  Kent,  to  AvLicli  Keeseville,  an  euterijrisiug  village,  connects  it- 
self by  a  weU-managed  stage  line,  oAvned  and  managed  by  'Mi.  Harper. 
There  is  a  good  deal  of  progressive  life  about  this  pleasant  town  of  4,000 


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inhabitants.    Tho  scenery  is  charming  and  romantic  on  every  sidf*— we 
remember  only  one  moontaia,  however,  by  name,  to  wit :  the  "  Poke  O'- 


CATHBDRAI.  ROCK. 

Moonshine,"  and  "  thereby  hangs  a  tale,"  as  a  lady  observed  ou  the  stage 
when  we  last  visited  this  section.  Perhaps  Mr.  Harper  knows  tlie  story, 
as  we  saw  him  smile — ask  him  ! 

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But  the  crowning  point  of  interest  is  the 

AusABLB  Chasm,  a  mile  and  a-half  from  the  village  of  Keeseville,  or 
five  miles  from  the  station  or  landing  at  Port  Kent. 


THE  SENTINEL  AND  TABLE  ROCK. 

The  Lake  View  House  has  a  revy  fine  location,  nnd  iapar  excellence 
the  hotel  of  the  place.     The  honse  is  f  oiir  stories  high  and  has  a  fine  ont- 

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look over  the  Lake,  commanding  an  extended  view  of  the  Adiron Jaoka 
and  tho  Green  Mountains  oi  Vermont. 


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KNTUANCB  TO  THK  FLUMK. 

It  ia  now  three  or  four  years  since  we  visited  the  Ausable  Chasm,  but 
the  pictures  are  still  stamped  upon  our  mind  clear  and  definite — the 
ledge  under  Birmingham  Falls,  the  Flume,  the  Devil's  Pulpit,  and  the 

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lit  Mill  T«fw*-t  iijww  .L  iwwugw  r^^^?!??'  "Jg^'J'?!'||g*ff.ySy'g''!'*^l'^y'** 


boat-ride,  on  the  swft  current.    Indeed,  the  entire  rock-rift,  almoBt  two 
luik'B  in  length,  hns  loft  an  impresBion  which  subsequent  views  have  not 


THE  i)A8IK. 


effaced.  Since  that  time  it  has  been  my  good  fortune  to  visit  Watkine 
Glen,  Trenton  Falls,  and  the  Flume  of  the  Opalescent,  on  tlie  western 
side  of  Mount  Marcy,  but  their  wild  beauty  and  grandeur  are  all  blended 

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in  this  wonderful  chasm.    We  advise  every  northern  tourist  not  to  pass 
by  this  feature  of  the  trip.     Save  a  day  orhalf  a  day  somewhere  else  on 


SOWN  FROM  HYDE'S  CAVB. 

the  route,  and  see  the  Ohaam  of  the  Ausable.  The  one  thing  which  we 
remember  more  definitely  than  any  other,  was  the  illusion  that  we  were 
floating  up  stream,  that  the  river,  compressed  in  these  narrow  Umits,  had 


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"got tired"  of  finding  it j  way  out,  and  thought  tho  easieat -way  was  to 
run  up  hill  nnd  get  out  at  the  top. 

The  viewK  here  given  wore  furnished  us  by  Mr.  Joseph  Angell,  Gen'l 
PoBsenper  Agent  of  tho  Delaware  and  Hudson  Caual  Company,  of  Alba- 
ny, N.  Y.,  and  wo  take  this  opportunity  of  thanking  him  for  his  courtesy. 
The  comenionces  for  enjoying  n  visit  to  tho  An  Siiblo  Chnsm,  were  never 
BO  complete  us  this  season.  Tho  now  Truss  Bridges  and  iron  railings 
in  the  rock  galleries,  render  the  trip  absolutely  safe.  The  Lake  View 
House.  H.  n.  Van  Aranam,  Proprietor,  is  olao  greatly  enlarged,  with  an 
extension  of  72  feet,  four  stories  high.  The  dining-room  will  seat  HOO  por- 
Bons,  and  is  without  doubt  the  pleasafltest  in  Northern  N.  Y.  It  is,  in  fact, 
a  model  hotel,  and  a  pleasant  point  to  visit  en  route  to  the  Adirondacks. 

PLATTfiDunaH,  the  most  flourishing  town  in  Northern  New  York,  is  14 
miles  from  Port  Kent,  and  !1i'  los  from  Whitehall.  Tho  roTite  to  the 
Adirondack  Mountains,  via  1  i.ittsburgh,  is  easy  and  pleasant,  via  train 
to  Ausable  Forks,  some  20  miles  distant.  Tho  Fouquet  Hotel  is  the 
best  hotel,  and  in  fact  is  without  a  rival  in  Northern  Now  York.  It  is 
conveniently  located  close  by  tho  station,  and  travelers  on  through  trains 
have  ample  time  for  meals.  We  call  special  attention,  also,  to  the 
annauncement  on  the  opposite  page,  as  it  fully  sets  fortli  the  proper 
thing  for  the  visitor  to  do,  and  it  will  well  repay  him  to  linger  a  day  or 
more  and  take  the  excursions  here  indicated.  The  northern  part  of  Lake 
Champlain  offers  special  attractions  to  camping  parties.  The  shores  and 
islands  abound  in  excellent  sites.  Lake  Champlain  is  also  replete  with 
interest  to  the  historian.  The  ruins  of  Fort  St.  Anne  are  still  soon  on 
the  north  end  of  Isle  La  Mott,  built  by  the  French  in  1G60.  Valcour 
Strait,  where  one  of  the  battles  of  '76  was  fought;  Valcour's  Island, 
where  lovers  came  from  far  and  near,  built  uir  castles,  wandered  through 
these  shady  groves  for  a  season  or  two,  and  then  vanished  from  sight, 
bankrupt  in  everything  but  mutual  aflfeotion ;  Cumberland  Bay,  with  its 
victory,  September,  181i,  when  the  British  were  driven  back  to 
Canada ;  and  many  other  points  which  can  be  visited  by  steamer  or 
yacht.  We  advise  every  one  to  linger  a  day  in  this  charming  section, 
and  heartily  commend  them  to  the  excellent  care  of  Mr,  North,  of  the 
"Fouquet."  ^ 


MJHiw)tiiiwjw!w«itti)ai!W<lt-'-.     — — — 


Congress  Water. 


This  famous  Water  is  a  well-known  specific  I'or  Constipation, 
Indigestion,  and  all  disorders  of  the  Stomach,  Liver,  Kidneys, 
Bladder,  etc.  Otiier  coarse-crude  Mineral  Waters,  foreign  and 
domestic,  not  only  aggravate  such  disorders  when  they  exist, 
but,  being  irritants,  positively  induce  tliem  by  their  effect  on 
the  mucous  membrane.        '  • 

Congress  Water  contains  none  of  those  deleterious  ingredi-  ! 
ents  found  in  so  many  of  the   foreign  imported   waters,  which 
intelligent    foreigners    carefully    avoid,    as    do    the    intelligent 
residents    of   Saratoga,  the   coarse,  irritating  waters   found   iu 
some  of  its  numerous  springs. 

All  Mineral  Waters  that  are  dangerous  irritants  may  be 
known  by  their  acrid-acid  like  after-taste. 

For  sale,  in  l)ottles  only,  by  all  leading  Druggists,  Grocers 

and  Hotels.  ■    '> 

CONGRESS  &  EMPIRE  SPRING  CO., 

Saratoga  Springs,  JV.  Y. 


WJJLWlUMM.i,. 


'^SriIHS^ia'«B«S8«9fie*3<^-^^Ji&<^.'iiPBS^ 


TO  MONTBEAL  via  RUTLAND  AND  BURLINGTON. 

C!ENT«AL  VF.KMONT   BAII-UOAD. 

At  Wlntchall  one  l)rftncli  of  tlio  KowsHolaer  iind  Saratoga  Railrootl 
bends  to  the  eoHt  anil  paHses  through  Fairhaven,  Hydeville,  Costloton 
and  West  Poiiltney  to  Rutland,  244  niih>H  fiom  Now  York.  This  is  the 
centre  of  the  great  marble  trade,  and  ono  of  the  jjroniinent  railroad 
centres  of  Verniout.  The  Bardwell  House  is  the  finest  in  Rutland,  coni- 
l)lt(te  in  all  its  parts,  and  handy  to  the  station.  Mr.  J.  W.  Crauiton  is 
well  known  through  New  York  and  New  England  as  a  popular  land- 
lord and  Uiorough  husiness  man. 

Leaving  Rutland  for  the  north,  we  pass  through  Hutherhmd  Falls, 
Pittsford,  Brandon,  Leicester,  Salisbury.  Middlebury,  Brookville,  New 
Haven,  Vergennes,  Ferrisburgh,  Ciharlotto  ahd  Shelburne  to  Burlington, 
which  we  noticed  on  the  previous  page,  with  its  pleowant  location  on 
the  Lake.  The  "  Van  Ness  House,"  D.  C.  Barber  &  Co.,  proprietors,  is 
a  fine  hotel,  central  in  location,  with  a  nice  outlook  upon  lake  and  n»oun- 
tain.  It  is  the  largest  in  Burlington,  and  will  rank  as  one  of  the  most 
convenient  and  thoroughly  appointed  houses  in  New  England. 
THE  PORTLAND  AND  OGDFVCtjtjt^o  RAILROAD. 

VERJIONT  DIVISION. 

From  Burlington  there  is  a  new  and  pleasant  route,  which  forms  the 
connecting  link  between  Northern  Vermont  and  the  White  Mountain 
region,  extending  from  Lake  CHmmplain  to  the  Connecticut  river,  and 
from  the  Connecticut  through  the  Crawford  Notch  to  Portland. 

Passing,  as  it  does,  through  the  most  romantic  part  of  the  State,  in 
full  view  of  the  Adircnidacks  and  almost  the  entire  Green  Mountain 
range,  the  scenery  all  along  the  route  is  varied,  grand,  and  imposing. 
The  road  passes  in  full  view  of  Mount  Mansfield  and  Camel's  Hump, 
rising  4000  feet,  and  overlooking  the  entire  country  between  Mount 
Washington  in  New  Hampshire,  and  Mount  Marcy  in  New  York.  At 
Morrisville  stages  connect  with  trains  for  Stowe  and  Mount  Mansfield, 
^^Sht  miles  distant. 

From  Morrisville  we  pass  through  W^oleott,  HardAviek,  Walden,  and 
Danville  to  St.  Johnsbnry— the  "  model  town  "  of  New  England.    Under 

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FORTLAE  AND  OSDENSBDRG  B.  R.  LINE. 

Vermont  Division. 


NEW  AND  ATTRACTIVE  ROUTE 

BCTWECN 

LAKE    CHAMPLAIN 

AND    THE 

WHITE  MOUNTAINS, 

The    Only    Line    Running    Cars   Through 
•without    change. 

AmD>j«m«nt  of  Tntiiu  for  seaaon  of  1880,  givea  close  coaneotloai  b  jtween  tho  following 
polnU  : 

New  York,  Albany,  Saratoga,  Lake  George,  Plattsburg, 

Adirondack    Mountains,    Ogdensburg,   Alexandria 

Bay,   Montreal,   Burlington; 


Mount   Mansfield,   Newport,   White   Mountains,   North 
Conway,  Portland,  Old  Orchard  Beach,  etc. 


For  Information,  Timo-Tablea,  etc.,  addreaa 

A.  B.  JEWETT, 

Bup*t. 


C.  H.  STEVENS, 

GetiH  Pass.  Agent. 


ST.  JOHNSBURY,  VT. 


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the  wise  und  successful  management  of  the  Messrs.  Fairbanks,  St.  ' 
JohnFbury  has  developed  into  the  best  governed  and  best  educated  vil- 
ln,ge  of  New  England.  Here  the  railroad  intersects  the  Passumpsic 
Bailroad,  connecting  for  all  points  north  and  .south— Montreal,  New- 
port, Springfield,  Boston,  &c.  In  our  Guide  Book  "  From  New  York  to 
the  Summer  Resoi-ts  of  New  England,"  we  make  further  and  more  com- 
plete reference  to  this  pleasant  route.  But  we  must  not  forget  that  some 
of  our  readers  are  on  their  way  to  Montreal,  and  we  therefore  pursue 
our  northern  journey  through  Essex,  Milton,  Georgia,  and  minor  sta- 
tions to  St.  Albans. 

St.  AtjB.ws.— This  village  is  situated  about  two  miles  from  and  over- 
looks Lake  Champlain.  It  is  a  town  of  about  7000  inhabitants,  and 
was  made  famous  during  the  rebellion  by  a  Canadian  raid.  It  is  a  cen- 
tral point  for  persons  en  route  for  Alburgh  and  Shelden  Spiings,  and 
has  a  large  and  magnificent  hctelr— the  "Welden  House,"  Thomas  La- 
vender, proprietor. 

■\\e  present,  on  the  opposite  page,  a  view  of  the  Hotel  and  the  fine 
Park  on  which  it  fronts,  also  a  picture  of  the  Railroad  Depot.  Every 
traveler  will  find  St.  .Albans  a  pleasant  place  to  linger  in  for  a  day  or  a 
week.  It  certainly  will  gi-atify  every  one  who  has  an  eye  for  the  beauti- 
ful, to  obtain  a  sunset  view  from  the  hills  which  encircle  the  village. 
From  "Aldis  Hill,"  refen-edto  in  Norwood,  we  get  a  wide  view  of  the 
Lake,  a  genuine  page  of  ricturesque  America.  One  beautiful  Sabbath 
evening  we  visited  this  commanding  eminence;  the  sky,  with  broken 
clouds,  seemed  like  a  sea  crowded  with  golden  islands,  as  if  the  lake 
itself  Avere  caught  up  and  transfigured  along  the  entu-e  western  horizon. 
The  "children  of  the  forest,"  who  lived  in  sight  of  the  Catskillsand  the 
Adirondacka,  caught  a  tnier  revelation  than  many  of  our  OAvn  generation — 

"  Of  the  islands  of  the  bieseed, 
And  the  land  of  the  hereafter." 

There  are  no  finer  sunsets  in  the  world  than  at  Burlington  r.nd  St.  Al- 
bans. From  tlie  top  of  the  Van  Ness  House  at  Burlington,  we  once  saw 
the  beautiful  bay,  with  its  wide  expanse  reflecting  on  earth  the  glory 
of  heaven.     St.  Albans  is  three  hundred  and  forty-two  miles  from  New 

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York  by  the  route  we  have  indicated,  via  the  Hudson  River,  Saratoga, 
Eutland,  and  Burlington;  two  hundred  and  sixty-four  miles  from  Bos- 
ton, and  sixty-five  miles  south  of  Montreal.  St.  Albans  is  a  natural 
centre  to  the  tourist  en  rouie  for  Sheldon,  Highgate.Alborgh  Springs,  etc. 

The  Central  Vermont  Eailroad  have  a  pleasant  route  to  Ogdens- 
bi^jgh,  where  a  person  can  connect  with  steamers  for  Thousand  Islands 
and  return  via  St.  Lawrence  Bapidi  to  Montreal. 

The  Ramds.— The  first  rapid  below  Ogdensburgh  is  near  Chimney 
Island;  the  next,  the  rapids  of  the  Lon^  Sault,  nine  miles  in  length. 
Here  the  river  runs  twenty  miles  an  hour.  Then  the  Coteau  Eapide, 
below  Grand  Island;  then  the  Lachine  Rapids,  below  the  town  of  La- 
chine,  only  nine  miles  from  Montreal. 

At.btogh  Spbings,  is  a  pleasant  -ee^rt  for  boating,  shooting,  and 
fishing,  seventeen  miles  froii  St.  Albanu  >da  this  line.  At  Rouses  Point 
connections  are  made  with  Lake  Champlain  steamers  on  the  south, 
and  Montreal  on  the  north,  'joing  north,  via  the  direct  line  to  Mon^ 
treal,  we  pass  through  Highgate  Springs,  with  its  pleasant  FrankUn 
House,  St.  Johns,  and  towns  of  minor  importance  to 

MONTBEAL,  three  hour's  mn  from  St.  Albans,  four  hundred  and  twenty 
miles  from  New  York.  T'^o  city  ia  built  on  an  Island  of  the  St.  Law- 
rence. The  Island  being  thirty  mUes  in  length  and  ten  in  greatest 
breadth.  The  Victorio.  Tubulai-  Bridge  is  one  of  the  "  eight  wonders 
of  the  world,  being  two  miles  in  length.  TLe  spans  between  the  piers 
are  about  250  feet;  and  the  cost  of  the  biidge  was  almost  $7,000,000. 
The  cars  cross  the  bridge  in  about  six  minutes.  There  are  many  fine 
builduigs  in  Montreal  ai  d  mixcli  that  will  mterest  the  tourist,  which  we 
will  here  indicate  in  brief.  The  Chiu'ch  of  Notre  Dame,  was  opened  for 
public  worship  in  1829.  The  ceiling  was  elaborately  gUded  in  1876.  It 
is  said  to  have  the  largest  bell  on  the  continent,  and  is  capable  of  seating 
10,000  people.  The  Church  of  the  Jesuits  is  noted  for  its  beautiful  fres- 
coes, paintings  and  its  musical  services.  The  New  Post-Office,  the  Bank 
of  Montreal,  the  nev/  City  Hall,  the  Bonsecours  Market,  and  the  Custom 
House,  will  claim  the  attention  of  Wie  visitor  for  the  beauty  and  solidity 
of  their  arohitectTure. 

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There  are  many  Business  houses  in  different  branches  worthy  of  m.in- 
tion,  viz.:  Savage,  Lyman  &  Co. 's  well-known  Jewelry  cstablishricnt, 
Gibb  &  Co.,  Merchant  Tailors  (established  in  1775),  Brown  &  Clagget's 
Dry-Goods  house,  <fec. 

There  are  many  fine  drives  about  the  city,  especially  to  the  summit  of 
Mount  Royal.  This  mountain,  named  by  Cartier  in  honor  of  his  king, 
gave  the  name  to  the  pleasant  city,  and  during  the  last  few  years  has 
been  laid  out  in  an  artistic  and  beautifiU  park. 

WiNDSOB  Hotel. — In  the  pleasantest  part  of  the  cit\-,  and  fanned  by 
the  breezes  of  Mount  Royal,  is  located  the  magnificent  "Windsor," 
wh.jse  name  is  alrea<ly  favorably  known  in  two  continents.  In  fact, 
taken  all  in  all,  there  is  no  liner  hotel  in  the  world. 


WINDSOR   HOTEL,    MONTBEAIi,    E.    H.    SOUTHGATE,    MANAGER. 

This  mtvgnificent  new  hotel,  unsurpassed  in  America  for  comfort  and 
luxury,  and  incomparably  the  finest  in  Canada,  occupies  an  airy  site  on 
Dominion  Square,  close  to  the  breezy  heights  of  Mount  Royal.  The 
appointments  of  the  Windsor  Hotel  embody  every  modern  invention  for 
the  safety  and  comfort  of  guests.  The  cuisine  and  service  are  carefully 
maintained  at  the  highest  standard  of  excellence,  and  no  pains  are  spared 
to  make  the  bMy  of  visitors  pleasant  and  enjoyable.  Rooms  with  baths 
attached  may  be  had  singly  or  en  suite. 

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FROM  NEW  YORK  TO  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


•OVK    TRIP-lSlB." 


NEW  YORK  TO  PHILADELPHIA. 


OuB  "Hudaon  by  Daylight"  guide  haH  expanded  slowly  year  by  year, 
BO  that  lust  sertBou  it  reacilicd  Niagara  Falls,  Montreal,  Harrisburgh  and 
Pittsburgh,  for  Ave  imagined  that  the  traveler  on  the  Hudson  might  occa- 
Bionally  go  somewhere  also,  and  it  wsis  our  purpose  to  give  him  the 
full  value  of  twenty-five  cents.  This  season  we  feci  constrained  to  give 
him  twenty  or  thirty  pages  "Across  the  Continent,"  as  the  result  of  a 
three  months  visit.  Our  trip  was  via  the  Pennsylvania  Bailroad,  and  we 
hope  to  divide  the  journey  up  in  readable  sections  of  easy  stages,  and 
the  first  Bcotiou  WG  style  "New  York  to  Philadelphiii,"  and  as  we  have 
not  yet  refered  to  Jersey  City,  which  has  t^-  <  r  of  guarduig  the  west 
portal  of  the  Hudson,  we  will  say  that  it  wa.  .Aginally  known  as  Paulus 
Hook,  was  incorporated  as  a  city  in  1820,  and  is  now  a  city  of  almost 
100,000  inhabitants.  We  took  one  of  the  two  hundred  trains  which  go 
daily  to  and  iio  over  this  division  of  the  PennsylvaniaRailroad ;  were 
whii'led  through 

Newaek,  at  the  rate  of  thirty  or  forty  miles  an  haxir,  and  would 
hardly  have  believe  i  it  was  a  city  of  110,000  people  if  we  had  not 
seen  the  fact  once  in  a  Guide-book,  and  some  years  ago  hngered  an 
hour  in  its  pleasant  streets.  It  is  situated  on  the  rljjht  bank  of  the 
Passaic  Eiver,  about  four  miles  from  its  entrance  into  Newark  Bay ;  was 
settled  in  1G66,  and  the  site  of  the  town  pm-ohased  from  the  Indians  m 
1CC7.     In  18.56  it  was  incorporated  as  a  city. 

Elizabeth,  fifteen  miles  from  New  York,  is  one  of  tiie  pieasantest 
places  of  residence,  and  has  grown  rapidly  during  the  past  ten  years. 
Population  about  25,000. 

Passing  through  Linden  and  Eahway,  a  city  of  about  7,000,  settled  in 
1620,  and  we  reach 

New  Bkunswice,  located  on  the  light  bank  of  the  Baritan  River ;  in- 
corporated 1791,  The  town  was  settled  in  1730,  by  several  Holland 
families  from  Albany,  who  imported  their  bricks,  tile,  &c,,  from  the 

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" Fatherland."  Population  about  16,000 ;  (seat  of  Eutger's  College  and 
the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church).  The  next 
town  of  interest  is 

Pbinceton,  a  pleasant  place,  two  miles  from  Princeton  Junction,  one 
of  the  historic  points  of  our  country,  where  Washington,  with  a  handful 
of  men,  out-generaled  Cornwallis.  The  College  of  New  Jersey  is  located 
at  Princeton,  and  takes  rank  with  Yale  and  Harvard,  as  one  of  the  best 
and  richest  institutions  of  the  land. 

Tbenton,  the  capital  of  New  Jersey,  fifty-seven  miles  from  New  York, 
waa  settled  in  1790,  and  incorporated  in  1792.  Population  about  25.000. 
This  was  also  the  field  of  ',ne  of  Washington's  strategio  battles.  Wliere 
Washington,  that  memorable  8th  of  December,  retreated  across  the  Del- 
aware, and  recrossed  it  again  on  the  26th,  completely  surprising  and 
routing  the  enemy.  Passing  through  Bristol  and  many  smaller  stations, 
wo  find  ourselves  in  West  Philadelphia,  ninety-four  miles  from  New 
York,  "  a  run  of  two  hours  and  five  minutes." 

Philadelphia  is  a  charming  city,  and  possesses  a  happy  combination 
of  good  qualities,  perhaps  in  greater  degree  than  any  city  in  our  country. 
It  is  full  of  historic  landmarks,  well  laid  out,  well  governed,  has  a  good 
record  for  honesty  and  integrity,  has  more  home-life  and  less  boarding- 
houses  than  any  city  of  its  size ;  is  noted  ^oi  its  hospitality  and  business 
enterprise,  and  is  said  to  have  more  of  Hho  social  and  less  of  the  artificial 
than  other  large  cities.     Perhaps  there  is  something  in  the  mild  and  gen- 
tle atmosphere,  for  it  is  said  that  the  Indians  who  inhabited  the  country 
bordering  on  the  Delaware  were  a  superior  and  peaceful  race.    They 
were  called  the  Lenni  Lenapes,  which  means  "the  original  people."  The 
city  was  laid  out  by  WHUam  Penn,  in  1682.     The  records  of  the  Dutch 
settlers  in  1623,  and  the  Swedes  in  1637,  are  full  of  interest  to  the  stu- 
dent of  our  early  history.     Philadelphia  was  organized  as  a  borough  in 
1684,  and  on  the  25th  of  October,  1701,  it  received  a  city  charter.    Among 
the  old  buildings  still  standing,  v/e  would  mention  Penn's  Cottage,  in 
Letitia  Court,  between  Market  and  Chestnut,  built  in  1702.     The  old 
Swedes  Church  on  Swanson  street  was  built  in  1700.     Christ  Church,  on 
Second  street,  north  of  Market,  whose  chime  of  bells  has  perhaps  "told 
more  years  and  events  "  than  any  in  our  country,    Independence  Hall, 

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on  Chestnut,  between  Fifth  and  Sixth  Btreets,  built  in  1734.    The  old 
bell,  with  its  prophetic  inscription, 

■ '  Proclaim  Liberty  through  all  the  Land  to  all  the  luhabitants  thereof," 
is  one  of  the  "souvenirs"  of  '76,  and  Carpenter's  Hall,  where  Patrick 
Henry  mnde  his  immortal  speech.  During  tho  Involution  Philadelphia 
was  regarded  the  centre  of  tho  United  Htatcs,  by  virtue  of  its  location  and 
population,  and  Germantown  and  Brandywiuo,  Red  Bank  and  Valley 
Forge,  tell  of  the  struggle,  triumphs  and  disasters  of  a  century  ago.  The 
public  buildings,  the  parks  and  drives,  show  the  enterprise  of  the  last 
twenty-five  years. 

Faibmount  Pakk  is  known  nil  over  the  world,  and  the  views  on  the 
Schuylkill  and  Wit  iiliickon  have  been  si" otched  and  painted  again  and 
again.  The  Park  encloses  about  tlirce  thousand  acres.  It  will  be  re- 
membered that  im  acres  of  this  park  were  ect  apart  for  the  Centennial 
Buildings.  The  University  of  PcuDsyivania  is  a  beautiful  building,  and 
the  new  Masonic  Temple  is  tho  finest  edifice  of  the  kind  in  the  worid. 
The  population  of  Philadelphia  is  now  about  800,000. 

The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  has  offices  at  Broad  and  Chestnut 
Streets,  at  Ninth  and  Chestnut,  and  116  Market  street,  where  tickets  are 
sold  to  almost  every  point  in  the  United  States.  The  station  in  West 
Philadelphia  is  well  appointed,  bright  and  cheerful,  and  the  waiting 
rooms  are  a  great  improvement  on  the  old  style  of  depot  architecture. 

FROM  PHILADELPHIA  TO  PITTSBURG. 

We  lingered  one  night  at  Philadelphia,  and  took  in  for  the  twentieth 
time.  Independence  Hall,  with  its  venerable  relics,  and  for  the  one  hun- 
dred and  fiftieth  time,  more  or  less,  the  pleasant  show  windows  of  Chest- 
nut street.  Passing  through  Havreford  and  Bryn  Maur,  (a  model  of 
taste  and  beauty,)  Rosen -vat,  Villanova  Radnor,  Wayne,  Eiigle,  Keese- 
ville,  Paoli,  Downington,  Brandy  wine,  Cowtesville,  *nd  other  places  in- 
dicated Lu  the  Oflaciiil  Guide,  stud  we  reach 

Lanoabteb,  sixty-#»ine  miles  from  Philadelphia.,  located  in  the  most 
fertile  of  %hf  wealthiwrt  agri*iultural  counties  in  tbf  United  States. 

Frankhi.  and  Marshall  College  is  located  here,  and  the  most  flour- 
ishing Normal  Bchof/l  isi  the  «*«te  is  vt  Millersville,  only  two  miles  dis- 
tant.    Population  of  Liancaster  *Dotit  3^,000. 

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THE  ENGLISH  PRESS  ON  AMERICAN  MAGAZINE  ILLUSTRATION. 

>•• — 

The  beauty  of  the  wood  engravings  in  American  Magazines  is 
attracting  the  attention  of  the  art-critics  of  the  world.  The  fol- 
lowing recent  notices  of  Scribnek's  Monthly  and  St.  Nicholas, 
taken  from  papers  of  high  standing  in  England,  may  be  of  interest. 

The  London  Graphic, 

Considered  the  best  illustrated  paper  in  the  world,  says  in  its  issue 

of  AprillO,  1880: 

"We  know  of  no  English  magazine -which  can  in  any -way  compete -with 
SoEiBNEB'a  MoNTHLT  in  the  matter  of  illustrations. " 

The  ftueen  (March  13,  1880.) 

"Soribnek's  Monthly  is  remarkaWe  for  its  illustrations,  the  peciili* 
excellence  of  which  is  due  to  the  combiB.*;3on  of  artisiic  and  mechanical  skiU. " 

The  London  Saturday  Review. 
"  The  impartial  critic  who  is  asked  where  th*  besi.  wood-cuts  are  pro- 
duced has,  we  fear,  but  one  answer  possible— neither  in  Englaod,  Germany, 
nor  France,  but  in  America."  For  the  proof  of  the  truth  of  this  "reluctant 
admission,"  the  Remew  asks  "  a  comparison  of  any  recent  number  of  Scbib- 
mxb's  MoNTHiiT  and  the  Gornhill. '' 

London  Weekly  Times  (February  8,  1880.) 
"  The  midwinter  mimber  of  Bcbibner's  Monthly  is  a  really  magnificent 
triumph  of  American  pictorial  art  and  literary  genius.     There  is  no  English 
magazine  which  in  any  way  approaches  "  Sokibneb      for  the  beauty  and 
vSety  of  its  illustrations,  or  the  freshness  and  vigor  of  its  text. 

niuBtrated  London  News  (February  7,  1880.) 
"  This  magazine  in  una  of  the  marvels  of  the  day,  on  account  of  the  num- 
ber and  beauty  of  the  illustrations. " 

The  Penny  Illustrated  Paper. 
"Tu  the  production  of  illustrated  moulhly  luauit^ines,  Nbw  York  is  fMf 
ahead  of  London,  Bcbibneb'b,  wilii  Us  inimitably  flnialind  gums  of  drawing  and 
engraving,  being  still  the  wonder  and  admiration  of  the  art  world. 


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Mount  Joy,  Elizabethtown  and  Middletown,  to 

Habrisbitboh,  the  capital  of  the  State,  a  pleasant  city  and  a  great  rail- 
road centre  The  city  is  beautifully  located ;  on  the  north  the  Lebanon 
Valley  on  the  south  the  Valley  of  the  Cumberland.  The  first  settlement 
was  mlde  in  1725,  by  John  Harris,  a  native  of  Yorkshire,  England.  It 
became  the  capital  of  the  State  in  1810.  The  capitol  buildings  occupy  a 
beautiful  position  on  the  hill.  The  Halls  of  the  House  and  Senate  are 
well  arranged  and  perfect  in  acoustic  qiiality.     The  Library  will  well 


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ropay  a  visit.  Population  about  35,000.  The  best  hotel  is  the  },oym 
non'se,  conveniently  located  in  the  very  heart  of  the  city.  U  Is  within 
five  minutes'  walk  of  the  capitol,  or  the  depot. 

The  "Lochiel"  isundertheexcellentmanagementof  Mr.  Geo.W.  Hun 
ter.     A  view  of  the  hotel  is  here  presented,  and  we  cordially  commend 
it  to  the  tourist  and  traveler. 

From  Harrisburg  the  tourint  will  find  pleasant  excursions  in  many  di- 
rections—one via  York  and  Hanover  Court  House  and  Gettysburg.  ^  It 
will  be  remembered  that  York  was  at  one  time  the  capital  of  the  nation, 

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FROM  NEW  YORK  TO  BALTIMORE  AND  WASHINGTON. 

VIA  HABBISBUBO. 

Althongh  tlie  general  conrse  of  this  article  is  westward,  wo  propose  to 
insert  a  pleasant  parenthesis  by  taking  a  run  from  Harrislmrg  to  Wash- 
ington. To  a  person  from  New  York  or  the  New  England  States,  the 
word  "  Gettysburg  "  sounds  a  long  way  off;  whereas  it  is  only  Ave  hours' 
run  on  the  cars  from  Philadelphia  to  the  most  liistoric  battlefield  of  the 
war,  and  it  does  not  occur  to  the  tourist  en  route  for  Washington,  tliiit  it 
scarcely  takes  an  hour  longer  to  go  via  Harrisburg  to  the  Capitol  and 
have  the  opportunity  of  standing  upon  the  field  where  the  "Boys  in 
Blue,"  with  desperate  bravon-,  made  their  stand  against  some  of  the 
boldest  charges  recorded  in  history.  Cemetery  Hill,  Round  Top,  Little 
Round  Top  and  Seminary  Ridge,  are  names  not  to  be  forgotten,  and  we 
advise  every  one  to  make  themselves  acquainted  with  these  localities. 
The  Soldiers'  Monument  is  noble  and  artistic— perhaps  the  best  speci- 
men of  monumental  art  in  this  country.  York,  to  which  wo  have  al- 
ready referred,  is  al)out  one  hour's  run  from  Harrisburg.  Gettysburg  is 
about  two  hours,  and  it  is  certainly  worth  while,  even  in  a  busy  life,  to 
pay  respect  to  the  metpofy  of  those  who  died  that  our  nation  might  live. 
Returning  from  Gettysburg  to 

Hanover  .TtiNcrioN— some  fifteen  or  twenty  miles— wo  pass  thrinigh 
alf^lU'KHb)  |*')Wlftll(lM,  <'lll')(P.yHvll)e,  and  Hollins,  to 

|^\iTTM()liE,  known  as  tlie  "  >tonuiiicntal  City  "—population  about 
800,000.  The  best  bud  1  is  tlu;  rViTrolUon,  presidiil  over  by  Mr.  F.  W.^ 
Coleman,  who  is  already  recognized  as  uimiliU  M/'>  lead)/  'liofelmen" 
of  this  country.  If  the  well  known  kading  proprietors  of  this  countiy 
were  to  be  counted  on  the  "ten  fingers,"  we  would  find  among  the  ten 
the  manager  of  the  CairolUon.  The  hotel  i'3  admirably  constructed— 
the  most  convenient  and  latest  built  in  Baltimore.  All  lines  of  city  pas- 
setilicr  i^ars  pass  its  doors.     A  large  elevator  runs  continuously  to  all 

floors. 

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city,  Init  the  ])ro8p(  'ivc  nito  of  the  Collo^e  in  sonio  two  miles  distant. 
It  is  the  best  euilowed  iiuivevHity  in  our  country,  Imvinj^  .some  milli.MiH 
of  (lollavH  at  itR  command.  It  has  a  fine  corps  of  prufessors,  ami  it  is 
"prophetic  of  tli''  future." 

The  Peabody  Institute  was  founded  on  the  12th  vi  Febraary,  1857,  by 
George  Peabody,  of  London  and  endowed  with  a  fund  of  #300,0ti«). 
This  fund  has  since  been  increased  to  :ifl, '240,000. 


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(Bates  reduced  to  $3.00  au'l  $2.S0  pi'r  Day  aci  oidiiig  to  Location  of  RoomB.) 

F.  W.  Coleman,  Manaoek. 

of  five  departments:  1.  \  Free  Reference  Library,  in  which  the  books  do 
not  cir"ulate.  2.  A  Lecture  Department,  for  which  a  snial  admission  fee 
is  charged.  3.  A  Consei-vatory  of  Music.  4.  A  Gallery  of  Ai-t.  5.  A 
Distribution  of  Prcnuiums,  amounting  to  1200  a  year,  to  the  graduates  of 
the  public  High  School  of  the  city  and  of  the  School  of  Design  of  the 
Maryland  Institute.  The  collection  of  books  was  begun  in  1861,  and 
the  Library  now  contains  67,000  volumes.     The  Library  Hall  is  84x70, 

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with  books.     From  Biiltiraoro  wo  oontinno  our  trip  to 

Wasiiinoton,  wliieh  every  one  ought  to  visit  once,  unless  wo  except 
some  of  our  Oongressnien.  It  would  1)<»  foreign  to  the  purpose  of  this 
Guide  to  go  into  details.  Wo  have  a  right,  however,  to  give  advice  as  to 
the  best  hotel,  which  is  the  result  not  only  of  our  own  exi)erience,  but 
the  experience  fif  those  that  we  have  met  in  our  ten  years'  pilgrimage. 
For  central  location,  for  the  best  cuisine,  for  tho  i)leaHantest  rooms,  tho 
new  Ebbitt  House — a  picture  of  which  is  hero  presented — stands  with- 
out a  rival  in  this  "  unrivalled  city  "  of  Washington. 

We  hardly  know  whether  we  are  glad  or  sorry  that  we  have  no 
statistics  at  hand  of  tho  Capitol,  tho  Treasury  Building,  the  White 
House,  or  the  Patent  Office.  Wo  are  compelled  to  draw  from  memory ; 
but  like  every  other  good  ' '  American, "  we  consider  tho  Cai)itol  the  finest 
building  in  the  world,  and  we  believe  Charles  Dickens  admitted  it.  We 
believe  that  no  other  building  in  the  world  contains  aucL  growth  of  i)rac- 
tical  ideas  and  display  of  greater  ingenuity  than  the  Patent  Office.  We 
believe  that  no  ruler  in  the  world  has  such  a  simijle  and  democratic  homo 
08  the  President  of  the  Unit(>d  States.  Wo  believe  there  is  no  Treasury 
Building  in  the  world  that  represents  more  brain  and  muscle  and  pro- 
ductive enei'gy.  We  believe  that  thei'o  is  no  Park  more  b(>antiful  than 
the  one  between  the  Potomac  and  Pennsylvania  avenue;  and  lastly,  we 
believe  in  the  "Washington  Monument,"  as  the  crowning  work  of  the 
Nation's  Faith.     This,  in  brief,  is  our  "creed." 

Returning  to  Harrisburg,  Ave  have  another  pic  isant  exciii'sion  via  the 
Northern  Central  Railroad  to  Ithaca,  Elmira  and  Watkins'  Glen.  Going 
north  from  Williamspcvt,  the  tourist  will  find  a  plen-sant  resort  at  Min- 
nequa  Springs.  There  is  also  much  of  interest  nbout  Ithaca.  Watkins' 
Glen  is  known  tho  world  over.  These  beautiful  "side  attractions" 
make  this  tho  most  popular  route  for  Niagara.  In  fact,  there  is  no 
finer  round  trip  than  this.  Take  the  Day  Boats  up  the  Hudson,  then 
to  Niagara  over  tho  New  York  Central,  returning  via  Watkins'  Glen, 
Williamspcrt  and  Harrisburg  to  New  York. 

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The  "  Out  or  Oatsxill  "  Is  a  new  steamer  of  the  most  approved  oonstruction,  built  in 
1880  specially  for  this  line,  and  fitted  up  with  all  modern  imprivements  and  in  the  best  style 
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Stages  leave  at  7  A.M. 

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BooKviLLB,  where  we  reach  the  Blue  Bidge,  the  flmt  of  the  great  Al- 
legheny range.    At  this  point  we  croBS  the  Suequehanna  River  on  a 
bridge  almoBt  four  thousand  feet  in  length.    Pasaing  through  Marysville 
the  first  station  in  Perry  County,  we  come  to  Duncannon,  fourteen  miles 
from  Harrisburg.     Here  are  extensive  iron  works ;  the  town  has  a  pic- 
turesque location,  population  about  one  thousand.    The  Juniata  flows 
into  the  Susquehanna  about  one  nule  above  the  village.    The  Island  ac 
the  mouth  of  the  river  is  known  as  Duncan's,  and  contained  at  one  timo 
a  large  Indian  town. 
The  Railroad  now  leaves  the  Sasquehanna  and  follows  the  Juniata, 
Passing  through  Bailey's,  Newport,  Millerstown.  Thompsontown,  and 
Perrysville,  we  come  to  Mifflin,  the  county  seat  of  Juniata  County. 

Lewistown,  the  county  seat  of  Mifflin  County,  ip  sixty-one  miles  from 
Harrisburg.  It  was  settled  :n  1755,  six  years  after  the  settlement  of  the 
village  of  Mifflin.  This  section  suffered  much  from  the  Indians,  and 
the  local  history  of  tins  county  abounds  with  taler  of  cruelty  and  dar- 
ing. The  Lewistown  Narrows  will  be  noticed  by  the  tourist  just 
before  entering  the  town.  Here  the  mountains  rise  abruptly  more 
than  a  thousand  feet.  We  now  pass  through  McVeyton,  a  flourishing 
borough  a  short  distance  from  the  Haibroad,  Newton  Hamilton,  near 
Avhioh  the  Juniata  Valley  Camp  Meeting  Association  Grounds  are  loca- 
ted, Moimt  Union,  at  the  entrance  of  Jack's  Narrows,  a  wild  and  rugged 
gorge,  Mapleton  and  Mill  Creek,  to 

Huntingdon,  seat  of  Huntingdon  County.  The  site  of  this  town  was 
surveyed  in  1756.  Tlie  scenery  around  it  is  very  beautiful,  and  it  is  a 
compliment  to  the  good  taste  of  the  Indians  that  they  seemed  to 
regard  this  place  with  special  veneration.  It  is  said  that  a  stone 
column  witli  strange  heiroglyphics,  fourteen  feet  high  and  six  inches 
square,  stood  on  the  flat  where  Stone  Creek  enters  the  Juniata,  aud  it  is 
believed  that  the  stone  was  carried  west  by  the  tribes  in  1755.  It  is  also 
said  that  the  name  "Oneida,"  one  of  the  Six  Nations,  means  Standing 
Stone.  Perhaps  if  tlie  column  could  be  discovered  it  would  be  as  valua- 
ble aa  the  celebrated  Rosetta  Stone,  now  in  the  British  Museum,  aud  we 
could  set  it  up  in  some  publio  square  and  have  a  Cleopatra's  Needle  of 
our  own.    Another  stone  was  erected  upon  the  spot  by  the  white  settlers 

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an<3  a  part  of  it  is  now  in  pobseseion  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. Huntingdon  was  laid  out  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  William  Smith,  and  he 
named  it  in  honor  of  the  Countess  of  Huntingdon,  who  had  contributed 
liberally  to  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  Five  miles  north  of  the 
town  are  the  "Warm  Springs,"  with  hotel  accommodations  for  one  hun- 
dred guests.  About  four  miles  distant  are  the  Pulpit  Eocks,  isolated 
columns  of  sand  stone,  so  called  from  their  peculiar  forraation.  Popiila- 
tion  of  the  Borough  a  kittle  over  three  thousand.  Passing  through  Pe- 
tersburgh,  Barry,  Spruce  Creek,  Union  Furnace  and  Birmingham,  we 
reach  the  next  express  station, 

Tybone,  117  miles  from  Harrisburg.  This  town  owes  its  existence  and 
growth  to  the  Pennsylvania  Bailroad,  and  is  a  large  shipping  point  for 
Clearfield  and  Centre  Counties.  The  Sinking  Cave,  near  Tyrone,  is  a 
natural  curiosity,  and  well  worth  a  visit.  A  creek  known  as  Sinking 
Creek,  emerges  from  the  Arch  Spring,  and  then  loses  itself  again  and 
/again.  It  then  enters  a  large  cave  and  disappears,  and  no  outlet  for  the 
stream  has  ever  been  discovered.  Passing  through  Tipton,  Fostoria  and 
Bell's  Mills,  we  come  to 

Altoona,  131  miles  from  Harrisburg,  117  miles  from  Pittsburg.  The 
location  of  the  principal  workshops  of  the  Pennsylvania  Bailroad  have 
created  this  flourishing  city  at  the  base  of  the  Alleghenies.  Its  name  is 
suggestive  of  altitude,  and  it  is  appropriately  named,  as  it  is  located 
1168  feet  above  tide-water.  The  site  of  the  city  woe  selected  in  1849,  and 
its  growth  has  been  the  most  rapid  of  any  on  the  route.  Thirty  years 
ago,  the  valley  between  Tyrone  and  Altoona,  known  as  the  Logan  Valley 
was  little  more  than  a  wilderness.  In  1854  the  celebrated  "Logan 
House  "  was  built,  one  of  the  finest  hotels  in  our  country.  It  is  a  pleas- 
ant place  for  the  weary  traveler  to  rest.  The  open  station,  built  of  iron, 
and  paved  with  slate  flagging,  will  at  once  attract  the  attention  of  the 
tourist,  and  indicates  at  once  the  prosperity  and  liberal  management  of 
the  Bailroad.  The  Company  occupies  122  acres  in  the  heart  of  the  city. 
Population  of  Altoona  a  little  over  10,000. 

Soon  after  leaving  Altoona  we  commence  the  ascent  of  the  mountain  at 
a  gratle  of  ninety  feet  to  tlie  mile,  but  the  track  is  laid  with  such  skill 
that  the  cars  wind  up  the  moimtain  and  aroimd  Eittaning  Point  without 

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a  jai'  or  jolt.     Tho  track  seemB  ns  solid  as  the  old  mountains  themselveB. 
The  view  from  the  "  Horseshoe  Curve  "  is  grand  in  the  extreme,  and  the 
view  from  tho  Summit  a  few  miles  beyond,  takes  in  a  wide  range  of 
moimtain  scenery.     We  are  now  two  thousand  feet  above  the  tide,  and 
are  whirled  through  a  tunnel  3(312  foot  in  length,  which  brings  us  safely 
to  the  Westeni  slope  of  the  great  range  of  mountains  which  for  so  many 
years  interposed  a  barrier  to  Avesteru  commerce.     The  old  route  is  still 
in  the  memory  of  many  travelers  when  tho  Portage  Eoad  with  its  in- 
clined plane  was  used  to  unite  the  eastern  and  western  divisions— a  tedi- 
ous trip,  especially  in  the  long  winter  nights  when  tho  winds  howled 
through  the  mountain  passes.     Passing  tli rough  Gallitzin  we  come  to 
Crksson,  a  popular  summer  resort.     The  line  hotel,  its  altitude  2,000 
feet— Springs  of  medicinal  water,  and  fine  drives,  all  contribute  to 
make  this  one  of  tho  most  attractive  and  healthful  resorts  on  tho  route. 
Passing  through  Lilly's,  Sonman,  Portage,  Wilmoro,  Summer  Hill, 
South  Fork,  Viaduct,  and  Mineral  Point,  we  reach  Conemaugh,  at  the 
base  of  the  western  slope  of  the  Allegheny  Mountains.     We  next  pass 
through  Johnstown,  a  prosperous  borough  with  a  beautiful  location,  at 
the  junction  of  Stony  Creek  and  Conemaugh  Kiver.     The  Cambria  Iron 
Works  located  here,  are  said  to  be  the  largest  in  America.     Population 
of  Johnstown,  a  little  over  G.OOO.     Passing  through  Nineveh,  New  Flor- 
ence, and  Bolivar,  we  come  to  Blair's  Intersection,  where  connection  is 
made  for  Indiana,  a  pleasant  borough  of  four  or  five  thousand  inhabit- 
ants, county  seat  of  Indiana  County.     Four  miles  from  the  Intersection 
we  pass  through  Hillside,  Avith  its  well-known  "Great  Bear  Cave,"  a 
great  "  subteranean  series  of  chambers,"  where  persons  can  travel  for 
miles.     In  fact,  it  has  only  been  partially  explored. 

Passing  through  Millwood,  Berry,  St.  Clair,  Latrobe,  Beatty's,  Comeys 
and  George's,  we  come  to 

Gbeensbuko,  217  miles  from  Harrisbiirg,  31  from  Pittsburg.  This 
county  seat  was  named  after  General  Greene,  of  the  Bdvolutionary  Ar- 
my. The  town  has  a  beautiful  location,  and  is  flourishing  in  these  later 
years.  This  is  the  junction  with  the  South-west  Pennsylvania  Railroad, 
which  takes  the  traveler  to 
Uniontown,  the  county  seat  of  Fayette  County,  a  pleasant  and  flonx- 


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ishing  borough.  The  surrounding  country  is  chiirraing,  and  speaking 
from  the  experience  of  two  visits  during  the  last  six  months,  vre  know  of 
no  place  better  suited  for  a  pleasure  and  health  resort.  One  pleasant 
morning  we  drove  over  the  old  Braddock  Road,  known  in  brief,  ns  "  the 
Pike,"  and  had  a  flnoview  from  tlio  mountain  siimmit.  This  is  tho  Brad- 
dock  country,  and  the  old  hero's  grave  is  close  to  the  road,  about  ten 
miles  from  Uniontown.  We  also  had  the  pleasure  of  taking  a  drive  to 
California,  some  sixteen  miles  distant,  with  Professor  Cooke,  County 
Superintendent  of  Fayette,  on  a  visit  to  the  Normal  School. 
The  country  in  south-western  Pennsylvania  abounds  in  mineral  resour- 


■ETENTB  ATE.  HOTEL,  PUtsburK.-E.  J.  UNDER  t.  CO. ,  Prop's. 

ces,  and  poBsesses  a  charming  climate.  Eetuming  to  Greensburg,  we 
pursue  our  route  west  through  Penn,  Irwin,  Carpenter,  Wall,  Brinton, 
Braddocks,  Copeland,  Hawkins,  Swissvale,  Wilkinsburg,  Homewood, 
Liberty,  Shadyeide,  Millvale  and  Lawrenceville,  to 

PiTTSBCBO,  248  miles  from  Harrisburg,  345  from  Philadelphia,  444 
from  New  York.  This  city  was  incorporated  as  a  borough  in  1804,  and  a 
city  charter  was  granted  in  1816.  Steara  navigation  in  1811  made  her 
the  centre  of  a  large  trade,  and  her  growth  was  sure  even  before  she  was 
known  as  the  Iron  city.  Allegheny  City,  on  tho  west  side  of  the  Alle- 
gheny River,  is  coimected  with  Pittsburg  by  three  fine  bridges.     The 

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city  rcmimla  ono  Bometliing  of  Olusgow,  and  is  still  beautiful,  though 
Braoke-stdinetl  by  the  soft  coal  hcio  uBod  in  the  iron  works  and  in  private 
residences.  It  is  said  there  is  no  more  healthful  city  in  America.  The 
public  buildings  are  numerous  and  imposing.  The  educational  facilities 
good,  and  in  every  particular  deserves  to  rank  second  to  Philadelphia. 
The  best  hotel  is  the  Seventh  Avenue  Hotel,  a  cut  of  which  is  here  giv- 
en. It  is  centrally  located,  only  five  minutes  walk  from  ♦he  depot,  and 
is  now  flourishing  under  the  care  and  direction  of  a  well-known  and  de- 
servedly popular  landlord,  formerly  of  the  Keystone  Hotel  Company. 

FROM  PITTSBURG  TO  CHICAGO. 
VIA  prrrsBiTKO,  fobt  watne  and  chicaoo  bailboad. 
From  tliis  point  wesi  We  are  compelled  to  be  more  definite,  as  we  find 
we  are  limited  to  fifteen  or  twenty  pages.     Passing  through  Rochester,  26 
miles  west  of  Pittsburg  and  New  Brighton,  along  the  banks  of  the  Ohio 
River,  we  soon  find  ourselves  in  the  Buckeye  State.     Then  through  Alli- 
ance, MassUon,  Orrville  and  Mansfield  to  Crestline,  the  highest  point  on 
the  Fort  Wayne  Road,     Here  is  a  fine  hotel  and  restaurant,  which  we 
can  commend  td  the  traveler  as  one  of  the  best  in  the  country.      From 
Crestline  we  pass  through  Forest  and  Lima  to  Foi-t  Wayne,  320  miles 
west  of  Pittsburg.     Columbia,  Warsaw,  Plymouth,  Wanatah.  Liverpool, 
and  other  towns  and  villages,  with  names  familiar  to  the  traveler,  in  Ohio, 
we  passed  through  in  the  night  and  arrived  at  Chicago  at  6:20  in  the 
morning.  We  learned  that  the  land  in  the  eastern  part  of  Ohio  was  worth 
from  $75  to  $100  per  acre,  and  that  it  was  not  only  a  fine  farming  country 
but  also  enriched  by  coal  deposit-     In  the  eastern  part  freestone  crops 
out  along  the  hillsides,  but  in  the  western  part  cf  the  State  we  see  what 
is  known  as  the  Ohio  limestone.  The  towns  looked  prosperous  and  flour- 
ishing for  the  most  part,  and  we  found  the  Pittsbm-g  and  Fort  Wayne 
Railroad  a  worthy  continuation  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad.     Sonae 
years  ago,  on  a  trip  to  Chicago,  we  took  one  of  the  northern  routes  via 
Albany  and  Rochester,  but  we  believe  that  the  route  via  Philadelphia  and 
Pittsburg  is  pronounced  the  pleasantest  for  all  seasons  of  the  year,  and 
the  courtesy  which  the  traveler  receives,  is  in  marked  contrast  with  some 

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Chioaoo.— The  traveler  will  find  it  to  his  plewnre  and  comfort  to  lo- 
cate here  for  a  few  days,  aud  note  the  enterprise  of  this  marvelloua  city. 
It  Hcema  impoBHible  that  u  city  of  six  hundred  thousand  should  have 
grown  up  in  the  last  thirty  years,  a  city  even  more  compactly  built  than 
London  or  New  York.  And  in  no  feature  is  the  enterprise  of  its  people 
BO  marked  as  in  the  various  hotels  that  seem  to  have  attained  perfection 
not  only  in  beauty  of  architecture,  but  also  in  excellence  of  management 
and  perfectitm  of  cuietne  ;  and  we  venture  to  say,  and  we  Lave  tried 
at  least  three  of  them,  there  is  no  pleasauter  hotel  between  Iho  Winlsor, 
of  New  York,  and  the  Palace  of  San  Francisco,  than  the  Grand  Paoifio 
OF  Chicago.  The  tourist  who  desires  to  see  life  and  study  human  na- 
ture, will  find  no  better  point  of  observation  than  the  grand  Office  and 
Exchange  of  this  hotel.  Here  the  tourist  from  every  country,  the  mer- 
chant, the  man  of  business,  all  gather,  and  the  whole  life  of  this  great 
continent  seems  to  ebb  and  How  through  the  great  corridors.  It  is  pro- 
nounced the  most  elegantly  furnished  hotel  in  America.  The  building 
is  massive,  symmetrical  and  graceful  in  appearance,  a  monument  of  solid- 
ity, and  one  of  the  greatest  ornaments  of  this  beautiful  and  rapidly  in- 
creasing'city. 

FROM  CHICAGO  TO  OMAHA, 

VIA   CHICAGO  AND  NOBTH -WESTERN    RA'^  «OAD. 

We  left  Chicago  Tuesday  morning,  the  25th  of  March,  and  now  felt 
that  we  were  really  "off."  We  had  spent  eight  days  thus  far,  'm  route, 
stopping  here  and  there  by  the  wayside,  but  now  we  were  really  started 
for  the  Mississippi,  the  Missouri,  and  the  Pacific.  Passing  through  the 
pleasant  suburbs  of  Chicago,  through  Cook  and  Du  Page  Counties,  we 
come  to  Geneva,  ^  beautiful  town  of  2,000  inhabitants.  St.  Charles  aud 
Batavia  are  flourishing  towns  near  at  hand.  Ashton,  84  miles  from  Chi- 
cago, was  the  scene  of  many  thrilling  incidents  during  the  Black  Hawk 
war.  Dixon,  98  miles  from  Chicago,  on  Bock  Eiver,  is  a  city  of  seven 
thousand  inhabitants,  and  tliis  part  of  the  State  is  called  the  "Western 
Eden."  A  little  more  than  an  hour's  run^from  Dixon,  or  137  miles  west 
of  Chicago,  wo  reach  the  Mississippi  Eiver,  and  cross  a  magniflcf nt  iron 

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One  Block  and  a-half  from  Steanfiboat  Landiiig, 

And  on  thi)  direct  rout.'  to  all  the  Kallroart  DcpotR,     blch  arc  only  odo  and  »-Ualf  blocks  north 

of  the  House.      You  do  not  nitd  to  take  any  of  the  so  called  ' '  Free  Omnibuses    ; 

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House  horae-llke.  and  those  who  desire  .  comfortable  and  pleasant  stopplng-place  will  find  It 

"  '"hf  Proprietor  only  desires  to  accommodate  those  who  desire  a  good,  substantial  Hotel  and 
pleasant  Booms,  as  the  price  will  lntlm»te-not  those  who  prefer  show  to  comfort 

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bridge  in  length  4.219  feet.  On  tlie  western  bank  of  the  river  we  halt  at 
the  flourishing  city  of  Clinton,  population  11,000.  Continuing  our  jour- 
ney we  pass  through  Camanche,  De  Witt,  Meolmniosville  and  Lisbon,  to 
Mount  Vernon,  the  location  i.f  the  Cornell  College  of  the  West.  Wo  are 
now  in  Linn  CouBty,  celebrated  for  legends  and  stories  m  Indian  days, 
and  one  of  the  prophecies  now  written  in  verse  seems  rapidly  in  coarse  of 

fulfillment :  .  .     ,        ,  „ 

"  In  ths  fnllncus  (il  time,  with  whiK*  »'">"  come  ^^ 

An  an({i'l  rnco  from  the  rliiInK  Hiiu  i 

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.  Time  hIjbU  not  end  till  their  deHtlny'H  wroiidht, 

And  grace  and  proHpurity  with  them  shall  reign." 

Perhaps  the  descendants  of  the  old  Indian  prophets  failed  to  recognize 
the  "angel  race"  in  the  form  of  the  Western  Pioneer,  but  one  thing  is 
certain,  they  have  angel  descendants,  for  we  saw  them  now  and  then  at 
the  stations,  and  here  and  there  in  stray  buggies  with  seats  "  just  wide 
enough  for  two." 

Cedab  Rapitos,  219  miles  west  of  Chicago,  is  one  of  the  most  impor- 
tant cities  in  iowa,  located  at  the  lieod  of  the  Eapids  on  Cedar  River,  a 
manufacturing  town  in  thr  'leart  of  a  fertile  and  well-settled  country. 
Blairstown,  244  miles  frov.  Onicago,  is  a  town  of  1,500  people,  in  Benton 
county.  The  surrounding  country  is  well  watered  and  productive,  Ta- 
ma, 270  miles  from  Chicago,  is  built  on  the  north  bank  of  tlie  Iowa  Riv- 
er, a  town  of  2,000  inhabitants.  We  next  pass  through  Boone  County, 
well  watered  and  well  wooded,  to  Glidden,  389  miles  west  of  Chicago,  a 
section  known  as  the  "  Sportf  non's  Paradise,"  obounding  with  all  sorts 
of  game.  The  next  statioi  is  Carroll,  396  miles  from  Chicago,  in  Carrol 
county,  one  of  the  finest  counties  in  Iowa,  whose  rich,  alluvial  soil  we 
saw  fresh  in  furrow  that  pleasant  afternoon.  The  season  here  is  at  least 
three  weeks  earlier  thm  in  Pennsylvania,  and  four  or  five  weeks  earlier 
than  in  New  York  State.  Six  miles  west  of  Carroll  we  reach  what  is 
known  na  the  Big  Divide,  or  the  water-shed  between  the  Mississippi  and 
the  Missouri.  Arcadia  is  the  next  station,  and  twelve  miles  from  this 
point  is  "Wall  Lake,"  fourteen  miles  in  circumferance,  entirely  sur- 
rounded by  a  wall,  which  is  said  to  suggest  the  work  of  human  hands. 
Dinsmore,  424  miles  west  of  Chicago,  is  the  county  seat  of  Crawford 

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County,  iu  the  beautiful  valley  of  the  Boyer  Eiver.  At  Woodline  we 
reach  the  wide  valley  of  the  MisBOuri  Eiver,  and  on  an  elevated  bluff 
8crcB8  the  river  we  soon  see  the  city  of  Omaha,  crowned  with  its  ma^- 
ficent  High  School  building.  It  speaks  ^  all  for  our  Western  civilization 
when  we  find  the  Public  School  buildings  the  prider  and  ornament  of 
their  towns  and  cities. 

OouNCHi  Bluffs,  488  miles  from  Chicago,  is  situated,  as  it  were,  in 
the  gorges  of  the  bluffs,  and  has  not  from  the  railroad  the  sitely  appear- 
ance of  Omaha ;  but  when  visited,  it  is  found  to  be  a  finely  built  and 
flourishing  city.  The  site  of  this  city  was  selected  by  the  great  gypsy 
procession  of  many  wived  elders,  who  style  themselves  the  "Latter  Day 
Saints ;"  but  fortunately  for  Iowa,  they  soon  moved  bag  and  baggage  to 
the  great  valley  of  Salt  Lake.  Council  Bluffs  is  the  great  trpusfer 
station,  and  the  scene  in  the  baggage  room  at  the  hour  of  weighing  and 
checking  the  baggage  is  interesting  to  a  person  who  wishes  to  study 
traits  of  character  in  his  fellow  passengers.  But  the  system  is  admira- 
bly arranged,  and  so  carefully  supervised,  that  no  mistakes  are  made.  We 
spend  here  ona  hour.  Found  an  excellent  breakfast  in  the  dining  room 
connected  with  the  depr '  The  population  of  Council  Bluff  is  above 
10,000,  and  the  city  is  r.      dj  growing. 

OuAHA,  not  so  much  a  rival  as  a,  twin  brother,  is  four  miles  distant,  or 
two  miles  from  Council  Bluff  station.  W  e  cross  the  Missouri  Eiver  on 
a  magnificent  bridge,  half  a  mile  in  length,  with  approaches  of  a  mile, 
and  find  ourselves  in  the  pleasant  depot  of  the  live  town  of  Nebraska. 
The  city  now  claims  a  population  of  '24,000,  and  it  seems  like  a  dream 
when  we  read  that  the  first  "claim  cabin  was  built  here  in  1854,"  and 
that  twenty-five  years  ago  the  first  post-master  of  Omaha  used  his  hat  for 
a  post  oflflce.  The  present  Post  Office  and  Court  Htjuse  building  cost 
$550,000.  Here  are  located  the  general  offices  of  the  TJnion  Pacific 
Eailroad  Company — u  company  that  employs  about  5,000  men.  From 
this  point  west  we  will  meaaure  our  distance  from  Omaha. 

Eleven  o'clock  A.  M.,  our  train  is  off.  We  had  reached  at  Omaha  an 
altitude  of  966  feet.  From  this  point  our  motto  is  Upward  and  On- 
ward. Passing  these  beautiful  prairie  lands  and  little  villages,  some 
of  them  hardly  ten  years  old,  but  vith  evidence  of  thrift  and  prosperity, 
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BuAHOBN,  28  miles  from  Omaha,  witl^  an  elevation  of  1,150  feet  Fere 
we  get  our  first  view  of  the  Platie  Eiver  to  the  South.  Crossing  the 
Elkhom,  which  some  years  ago  was  suddenly  stockod  with  a  carload  of 
fish,  wliich  here  emptied  itself  on  its  way  to  California,  and  passing 
tliroughthe  "Valley,"  whose  surrounding  country  is  well  filled  with 
wind-mills,  a  peculiar  feature,  by  the  way,  of  Iowa,  to  the  timber  from 
the  East — and  through  Riverside  we  come  to 

Fbbmont,  46  miles  from  Omaha,  the  county  seat  of  Dodge  County, 
with  a  population  exceeding  3,000,  fine  location  at  tlie  junction  of  the 
Elkhom  and  Platte  Valleys,  Columbus,  91  miles,  altitude  1,432  feet,  at 
jimotion  of  Loup  Fork  and  Platte  ^''alleys.  Thus  far,  in  Nebraska,  we 
have  found  a  fine  coTmtry — in  fact,  farms  too  prolific  to  be  harvested, 
great  fields  of  oats  ungathered  from  last  seaf? .,  com  fields  husked  last 
fall,  but  the  stalks  still  standing — farmers  plowing  by  machinery  which 
resemble  a  Buckeye  mower.  The  telegraph  wires,  which  farther  East 
eeem  ''ke  the  wires  of  an  immense  harp,  arc  now  reduced  to  a  couple  of 
striL^  the  fields  are  unfenoed,  the  prairie  on  every  side  seems  eloquent 
of  the  future,  rich  with  the  possibilities  of  the  coming  century,  the  little 
towns  have  a  family  resemblance,  and  we  hardly  read  thei  names  in  the 
Guide  Book — Clark,  Lone  Tree,  Chapman,  Grand  Islai^d,  Alda,  Wood 
River,  Shelton,  have  all  glided  East.  We  are  180  miles  west  of  Omalia. 
The  Platte  River,  three  miles  to  the  south,  is  just  seen  in  the  gathering 
twilight.  We  reach  Kearney  Junction,  altitude  2,150  feet,  and  now  we 
see  our  first  Prairie  Fire.  The  whole  horizon  on  the  South  seemed  at 
first  lik<)  the  encampment  of  a  great  army  reaching  for  miles  along  the 
horizon.  We  camo  nearer  until  it  seemed  like  a  great  burning  city; 
nearer  still  and  it  seemed  then  what  it  really  was,  and  which  no  language 
can  describe,  a  .ushing,  wliirling,  unrestrained  fire,  one  hundred  miles 
in  extent,  sugge.tive  of  the  fury  of  the  elements,  compared  with  which 
the  force  of  man  teemed  weak  and  futile.  The  dar.'^  smoke  reflecting  the 
glare  gives  a  luria  glow,  and  it  would  require  no  stretch  of  the  imagina- 
tion to  feel  that  a  person  were  near  the  edge  of  Pandemonium.  We  lay 
for  hours  in  our  berth  looking  out  upon  the  glowing  plain,  and  fell 
asleep  to  see  it  still  pictured  in  our  dreams.  We  passed  during  the 
night,  through  Plum  Greek,  a  place  distinguished  for  many  oonfiiots  with 


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the  Indians  -while  the  raUroad  was  being  built.     Willow  Tsland,  where 
the  Grand  Duke  Alexis  enjoyed  a  lively  Buffalo  hunt.    We  passed 
through  McPherson  and  Gannett,  and  the  Valley  of  the  Platte  River 
where,  it  is  said,  cattle  and  horses  "can  be  grown  and  kept  the  year 
round  without  hay."     We  passed  through  North  Platte,  with  its  far 
famed  Chimney  Rock,  which  we  have  to  take  on  trust,  as  it  was  2  A.  M., 
and  we  were  sound  asleep.    Passing  through  minor  Stations  we  reached 
Sidney,  about  half-past  c  )ven,  where  we  found  a  good  breakfast. 
After  taking  our  seat  in  the  train  we  were  all  stirred  up  to  a  good  pitca 
of  enthusiasm  by  the  statement  that  the  engineer  had  seen  a  Buffalo  that 
morning,  but  our  enthusiasm  was  slightly  cooled  when  we  learned  after- 
ward that  the  Buffalo  was  cooked.    We  P-e  now  414  miles  from  Omaha 
and  4  073  feet  above  the  sea.     Our  Guide  Book  thus  far  abounds  with 
more  Antelopes,  Coyotes  and  Prairie  Dogs,  than  one  is  liable  to  see  from 
the  car  windows,  but  we  are  assured  by  the  old  traveler  that  they  axe 
all  there  except  the  Buffaloes.     At  Hillsdale  we  obtain  our  first  view  of 
the  Black  Hills  of  Wyoming.    We  are  now  nearing 

Cheyenne,  known  as  the  "  Magic  City  of  the  Plains,"  516  miles  from 
Omaha,  elevation  6,041  feet.  •  This  is  the  largest  town  en  route 
between  Omaha  and  Salt  Lake.  Here  some  of  our  Eastern  friends 
turn  aside  to  Denver,  which  we  will  refer  to  on  our  return  trip, 
as  we  only  stop  in  our  Western  trip  30  minutes  for  dinner.  Chey- 
enne is  also  the  best  point  of  departure  for  the  Black  Hills. 
Passing  our  way  westward  we  rise  rapidly  the  remaining  two  thou- 
sand feet  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  pass  to  Sherman,  the  highest 
point  on  the  great  railroad  tliat  spans  the  Continent,  8,242  feet  above  the 
sea.  We  get  out  a  moment  to  try  the  rarity  of  the  air,  and  we  are  free 
to  say  that  we  would  not  care  to  run  more  than  a  mile  the  first. day  of 
our  arrival.  Crossing  the  Date  Creek  Bridge,  two  miles  west  of  Sher- 
man, we  see,  on  our  left,  the  great  Laramie  Plains.  Fourteen  mUes 
west  of  Sherman  we  reach  Red  Buttes,  having  descended  almost  one 
thousand  feet.  The  formations  on  the  right  have  peculiar  shape,  and 
have  probably  been  named  again  and  again  by  the  traveler.  One  looks 
like  a  peacock,  and  two  or  three  like  the  witches  of  Macbeth. 
Labamie,  the  next  station,  is  one  of  the  largest  en  route;  population 

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8,000,  and  known  as  the  "  Gem  City  of  the  Mountains."    Poetry  seems 
to  be  indigpnons  in  this  -western  '5lime,  and  we  see  that  we  are  gradually 
nearing  the  Golden  Gate.     Passing  through  Wyoming  and  a  number  of 
minor  stations,  well  decorated  with  wind-mills  and  Indians,  we  come  to 
Oreston,  and  reach  the  "  summit  of  the  divide  which  separates  the  wa- 
ters of  the  oceans."    A  few  miles  further  and  we  come  to  remarkable 
formations,  conspicuous  among  which  are  Castle  Sock  and  the  Twin  Sis- 
ters.   Grean  Eiver,  846  miles  from  Omaha,  we  remember  for  its  speci- 
mens of  petrified  shells,  fossil  fish  and  moss  agates,  and  also  a  well  fur- 
nished table,  whioii  the  traveler  always  appreciates.     Fifty  miles  from 
this  point  we  cross  a  high  ridge  of  the  Wiutah  Mountams,  and  pass 
through  long  sections  of  woU-constructed  snow  sheds.     At  Aspen  we 
reach  the  altitude  of  7,835  feet,  the  second  highest  elevation  on  the  road. 
EvANSTON,  957  miles  from  the  Missouri,  is  a  town  of  1,500  people,  an4 
we  have  still  in  mind  a  picture  of  the  "Mountain  Trout  Hotel."    The 
section  about  Evanston  abounds  with  Mormons  and  game,  and  at  the 
hotel  we  find  a  score  of  "Chinamen"  waiters,  who  certainly  know  how  to 
take  care  of  a  table.      Thirteen  miles  from  Evanston  we  enter  Echo 
Canon,  and  standing  on  the  platform  of  the  car  we  take  in  the  panoroma 
of  grandeur.    Down  through  Castle  Rock  station,  and  Hanging  Rock, 
past  the  Thousand  Mile  Tree  and  the  Devil's  Slide,  our  train  glides  on 
rapid  grade  through  Weber  Valley  and  along  the  Weber  River,  to  Ogden. 
I  stood  two  hours  with  pencil  in  hand,  brt  did  not  attempt  to  make  a 
note  or  observation.     On  my  return  trip,  by  the  way,  I  succeeded  in 
noting  some  points  that  may,  perhaps,  be  of  interest  to  the  reader,  a,nd 
still    in  the  midst  of  scenery  like  this,  we  remember  the  old  Spanish 
proverb  :  "  Speech  is  silver,  silence  is  golden."    We  stopped  at  Ogden 
one  hour,  long  enough  to  know  that  it  has  a  fine  eating-house,  and  also 
to  learn  that  it  was  more  of  a  Mormon  town  than  Salt  Lake  City,  as  here 
five-sixths  of  the  people  are.  "Latter  day  Saints,"  while  in  Salt  Lake 
hardly  one-half  enjoy  this  proud  distinction.    The  trip  from  Ogden  to 
Bait  Lake  was  very  enjoyable,  although  the  car  waa  not  luxurious,  the 
beautiful  evening,  the  clear  atmosphere,  which  converted  ones  eyes  into 
telescopes  and  made  mountams  twenty  mUes  distant  almost  near  enough 
to  touch,  the  Great  Salt  Lake  bathed  in  the  glory  of  sunset,  If  ft  little 

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room  for  other  thoughts,  and  -we  lived  out  of  doors  all  the  way  for  40 
miles,  forgetting  that  in  the  very  next  seat  in  front  of  us  sat  one  of  the 
elders  of  Zion,  harrassed  perhaps  with  a  difficult  question,  "what  roof 
■was  to  shelter  his  defenceless  head  that  nifht,  a  subject  on  which  our 
own  mind  was  comparatively  clear,  as  there  are  only  two  really  first- 
class  hotels  in  Salt  Lake,  and  they  are  both  proprietored  by  the  same 
man.  Our  choice,  therefore,  was  Hobson's,  and  perhaps  the  Mormon's 
wasn't. 

Salt  Lake  City  has  a  beautiful  location,  altitude  about  4,000  feet,  and 
completely  surrounded  by  mountains  which,  in  our  mind,  liave  the  most 
beautiful  outlines  of  either  the  Rocky,  Wahsatch  or  Sierra  Navada 
Banges.  When  we  saw  them  they  were  entirely  capped  with  snow,  and 
we  understand  that  snow  is  seen  on  one  of  the  peaks  the  entire  summer 
throug*!.  The  streets  are  wide,  in  fact  almost  too  wide  for  so  small  a 
town.  The  population,  if  we  remember  correctly,  is  about  20,000.  It 
seems  to  be  flourishing,  but  has  none  of  the  sense  of  thrift  which  belongs 
to  an  Eastern  city.  Individuals  seem  to  lack  enterprise.  In  fact  the 
town  is  troubled  with  too  much  corporation.  Its  religion  seems  to  have 
become  a  matter  of  business,  and  the  principKl  points  of  the  sermons 
consist  of  injunctions  to  pay  the  tithes.  We  saw  the  great  organ,  and 
heard  its  sweet  music.  We  saw  tlie  New  Temple,  and  Endowment 
House.  We  had  a  Mormon  Guide,  who  was  a  Scotchman,  and  had  vari- 
ous views  of  his  own,  and  talked  quite  freely  of  the  abuses  of  the  Church. 
He  said  the  Elders  could  say  what  they  wished,  the  "much  married  wo- 
men fought  like  cats."  We  saw  Brigham  Young's  grave  already  con- 
verted into  a  lot  for  empty  oyster  cans,  old  bottles  and  other  refuse  ware. 
The  lot  contained  a  few  other  mounds,  members  of  hiafatnily,  but  not 
a  single  head  stone.  We  saw  two  well-dressed  Mormon  women,  one, 
the  last  and  favorite  wife  of  the  great  Leader,  and  another  individual, 
who  created  the  last  "sensation. "  The  prevailing  dress  of  the  " Female 
Samts"  seemed  to  be  a  dingy  black,  without  a  frUl  or  ruflOie.  The  great 
Co-operative  Store  seems  always  busy,  but  other  establishments  are  be- 
ginning to  flourish,  and  the  power  of  the  Gentiles  is  being  felt.  But 
bad  as  the  picture  is  here  in  this  fair  city  of  Zion,  it  must  be  remem- 
bered that  the  life  of  the  200,000  Mormons  of  rural  Utah,  is  still  more 

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deplorable.  It  i  nst  be  remembered  that  this  in  their  JeruBnlem— bnt 
go  out  through  the  borders  and  see  the  misery  of  those  who  arft  crowded 
in  "  one-room  dwellings. "  Surely  civilized  life  has  no  such  parody  and 
stain  as  seen  in  this  distant  territory.  The  drives  about  the  city  are  very 
pleasant— particularly  to  Camp  Douglas  and  the  Sulphur  Springs.  The 
Walker  House  is  a  pleasant  hotel,  well  kept,  complete  in  all  its  appoint- 
ments, in  fuct  tht  best  betv/een  Denver  and  San  Francisco,  and  Salt 
Lake  is  without  d«\M  the  best  place  to  rest,  on  the  entire  route.  Re- 
turning to  Ogden  we  pursue  our  Western  journey. 

TheCentbalPacifio  Rah-bqad.     Taking  the  "Silver  Palace  Cars" 
of  the  Central  Pacific  we  are  soon  off  for  the  great  American  Desert,  and 
soon  pass  Promontory  Point,  where  the  last  tie  was  laid,  and  the  last 
spike  driven.  May  10,  1 8G9.    How  much  has  been  accomplished  in  ten 
years  ?    It  hardly  seems  possible  that  this  well-equipped  road,  in  fact 
the  smoothest  and  best  ordered  on  the  continent,  has  been  completed 
only  one  decade.     How  much  our  country  owes  to  the  sagacity  of  the 
men  who  projected  this  great  enterprise  from  San  Francisco  to  Ogden, 
and  from  Ogden  to  Omaha.    It  sometimes  seems  to  us  that  the  most 
dramatic  thing  in  history  is  the  account  of  the  great  railroad  wed(ling, 
and  the  driving  of  that  last  spike,  and  we  call  up  tlie  sentiment  of  Victor 
Hugo  or  Carlyle,  written  long  before  it  was  accomplished— viz  :  That  a 
grander  event  than  another  Waterloo,  would  be  a  "hand  of  granite" 
from  New  York  pointing  West  with  the  word  "San  Francisco,"  and 
another  in  San  Francisco  pointing  East  "  New  York  "—and  ve  will  add 
by  way  of  parenthesis,  that  the  Pennsylvania  Eaiboad,  not  only  has  the 
best  route,  but  the  best  rock,  in  which  to  cut  the  "  granite  hand."    On 
through  desolate  sand  wastes  and  serrated  mountains,  which  form  pic- 
tures never  to  be  forgotten— through  Elko,  where  the  traveler  will  find  a 
good  breakfast.     The  Wahsatch  and  Humboldt  Ranges  keep  us  stead- 
fast company,  and  we  feel  thankful  to  the  person  who  called  the  Hum- 
boldt the  "Ruby.  Mountains."    It  seems  to  plant  a  little  poetry  and 
sentiment  in  this  desert  of  sage  and  alkali.     It  is  indeed  a  vast  and  deso- 
late  land,  a  plain  that  looks  like  some  dried  up  se^-and  now,  as  we  read 
the  lines  of  Joaquin  Miller's  "  Ship  of  the  Desert,"  we  realize  the  truth 

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Where  unmanned  tempests  ride  and  rei|;^, 
Itawes and  it  possessesyoa, 
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And  frescoed  clouds,  quaint  wronght  and  true. 

Some  silent  red  men  cross  yonr  track, 
•  Some  snn-tanned  trappers  come  and  go,  -    .' 

V.  Some  rolling  seas  of  Daffalo 

Break,  thunder-like,  and  far  awny 
;.•      Against  the  foot-hills  beating  back, 

Like  breakers  of  some  troubled  bay , 

But  not  a  voice  the  long,  lone  oay. 

...  A  wide  domain  of  mysteries. 

And  signs  that  men  misunderstand ; 
A  laud  of  space  and  dreams  -,  a  land 
Of  sea,  salt  lakes,  and  dried  up  seas. 

WiNNBMucoA.  We  ore  now  within  463  miles  of  San  Francisco,  named 
after  the  chief  of  the  Piutes.  We  met  at  this  place  a  talkative  Indian,  a 
rare  sample.  He  had  traveled  west,  he  said,  to  a  "heap  water,"  where 
there  were  great  boats  that  went  with  wheels,  and  east  as  far  as  Salt 
Lake  City.  His  description  of  the  Saints  was  unique  and  brief.  He 
said  :  "  Heap  women,  heap  children."  The  noble  red  man  is  not  an  im- 
pressive object  at  short  .ange.  He  looks  bettor  in  pictures  and  novels 
than  in  his  every  day  clothes.  The  wigwam  is  more  poetic  in  Coo^/er  than 
at  Winnemucca.  We  saw  one  in  a  "  Beaver  Hat, "  of  an  antique  pattern, 
and  he  seemed  to  consider  it  the  principal  port  of  his  accoutrement. 
Some  supplies,  we  remember,  were  handed  oflf  a  few  stations  back,  and 
we  saw  the  "Big  Indian  "  load  up  his  "spouse,"  first  an  army  blanket 
on  her  shoulders,  then  a  horse  saddle,  then  a  bag  on  this,  well  filled 
with  something,  and  on  top  of  this  a  Pappoose,  hanging  on  for  dear  life, 
and  the  noble  red  man  smoked  peacefully  and  the  procession  moved  on. 
We  had  some  of  them  for  traveling  companions  most  of  the  way.  They 
are  allowed  to  ride  free  on  the  platforms  of  the  cars,  and  they  seem  to 
consider  the  railroad  a  very  good  institution.  It  is  something  to  see  the 
primeval  Indian  on  his  native  heaths.  The  babies  tied  up  like  mummies, 
are  visible  at  the  rate  of  ten  cents,  and  the  mothers  drive  sharp  bargains 
with  travelers  for  a  glimpse  of  the  "Pappoose."  Passing  through  Bose 
Creek,  Raspberry  and  Mill  City,  we  come  to 

HvHBOiJJT,  the  "  oasis  of  the  desert."    Here  we  see  the  first  tree  since 

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leaving  Ogden.  In  front  of  the  hotel  a  beautiful  fountain  ia  playing,  and 
gold  fish  enjoying  the  spray  in  the  basin  below.  Surely  the  proprietors 
of  Humboldt  House  receive  the  hearty  and  -warm  thanks  of  every  trav- 
eler on  the  Plains — and  by  the  way,  the  table  is  worthy  of  the  surround- 
ings. Here  we  find  a  garden,  and  quite  a  thrifty  orchard,  but  it  costs 
much  time,  trouble  and  money,  to  make  a  wilderness  like  this  bud  and 
blossom  with  fruit  and  flowers.  In  front  of  this  hotel,  if  we  remember 
correctly,  is  a  high  mountain,  known  as  Sttirk  Peak,  about  10,000  feet 
high.  The  altitude  of  Humboldt  is  4,236  feet  above  the  sea.  Passing 
through  Rye  Patch  ;  nd  Oreana,  wo  pass  westward  between  the  Antelope 
Bange  and  the  Humboldt  to  Lovelocks.  The  Humboldt  Eiver  at  this 
point  seems  to  be  wandering  about  like  a  lost  child.  Passing  through 
Granite  Point,  Brown's  and  Wliite  Plains  we  come  to  Mirage,  where  vis- 
ions of  lakes  and  mountains  are  sometimes  seen,  like  those  recorded  in 
the  "Ship  of  the  Desert,"  from  which  we  have  just  quoted.  Passing 
through  Wadsworth,  a  live  station  of  400  inhabitants,  and  crossing  the 
Truckee  Eiver,  we  come  to 

Beno,  293  miles  from  San  Erancisco.     We  are  now  rising  the  eastern 
slope  of  the  Sierra  Nevada.     Passing  through  Verdi  and  Truckee,  of 
which  we  will  speak  on  oiu*  return  trip,  we  soon  reach  the  summit, 
emerging  from  the  snow,  sheds  tlie  view  is  grand  in  the  extreme,  for 
while  there  are  mountains  in  other  parts  of  the  world,  we  never  realized 
what  the  word  "slope  "  meant,  until  we  saw  the  great  canons  of  the 
Western  Sierras,  and  their  walls  of  living  green.     At  Cape  Horn  we 
stopped  a  moment  to  take  in  the  extended  view,  imd  picked  up  a  pebble 
as  '•  souvenir. "    This  point  is  said  to  be  2,000  feet  above  the  river.    The 
streams  used  in  placer  mining  will  interest  the  Eastern  traveler,  his 
first  "presentment"  of  the  land  of  gold.  Passing  through  Colfax,  where 
we  breakfasted,  Grass  Valley,  Nevada,  we  come  to  Auburn,  and  now  the 
eye  is  busy  on  every  side,  for  we  ai-e  in  a  new  country — a  land  of  sum- 
mer, and  only  one  thousand  feet  above  the  Pacific.     Passing  through 
Sacramento,  with  its  fine  Capitol  Building  and  pleasant  streets;  and 
Stockton,  which  reminds  us  more  of  aa  Eastern  town  than  any  other 
west  of  Omaha,  we  come  to 
Lathbop,  which  we  remember  especially,  for  its   good  dinner,  and 

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large  bear  in  a  cage,  near  the  platform.  The  valley  of  the  Sacramento  is 
literally  carpeted  -with  flowers,  or  at  least  it  was  the  first  of  April  last, 
and  it  seemed  as  if  we  were  fairly  precipitated  from  desert  sands  into  a 
land  of  beauty.  Passing  through  Oakland,  embowered  iu  trees,  and  on 
over  the  long  dock,  wo  take  ferry  of  seven  miles  across  the  beantiftil  Bay, 
and  remark  quietly  to  ourselves.  Across  the  Continent.  The  sun  was 
saying  so  too,  for  the  many  thousandth  time,  as  it  lit  up  the  Gtoldeu  Gate 
•with  beauty  borrowed  from  the  sky, 

"Well,  how  do  you  like  Sad  Francisco?"  is  the  first  question  that 
greets  the  visitor,  and  the  first  question  for  us  to  answer.  Perhaps  we 
have  answered  it  already  more  than  a  hundred  times,  and  unless  there 
happened  to  be  a  fog  or  a  gusty  afternoon,  we  have  met  the  enthusiastic 
question  with  responsive  enthusiasm.  It  is,  in  fact,  gratifying  to  the  av- 
erage American  to  know  that  the  people  of  San  Francisco  rival  Boston 
in  their  love  for  their  own  city,  and  in  this  way,  with  Chicago  for  a  cen- 
tre, manage  to  keep  the  "  teter-board  "  of  the  continent  moderately  level. 
The  city  has  been  accustomed  to  flattery,  and  it  deserves  it.  To  have 
accomplished  so  much  in  thirty  years — to  have  gathered  together  300,000 
people  from  every  quarter  of  the  globe,  to  have  organized  order  out  of 
chaos — to  build  and  support  the  "  Palace  Hotel "  of  the  world — to  con- 
vert a  sand  lot  into  business  streets,  oad  plant  mansions  on  the  summits 
of  almost  inoccessiblo  sand-hills — to  have  accomplished  this  and  much 
more  beside  in  these  few  years,  are  facts  hard  to  realize,  as  we  stand  here 
to-day  and  find  the  work  completed,  or  rather,  still  going  on.  Yes,  we 
like  San  Francisco,  and  perhaps  it  is  not  much  worse  than  other  cities  of 
the  same  size  in  other  States,  east  of  the  Mississippi,  but  there  are  some 
things  which  it  might  be  well  to  dispense  with.  And  the  people  who  cry 
out  to  let  the  Chinaman  go,  would  do  well  to  close  np  one  alley  which 
leads  past  barred  windows  and  open  doors  of  which  Dante  never  dreamed 
and  Talmage  never  preached. 

But  we  havo  no  time  to  elaborate ;  we  visited  the  schools,  pronounced 
as  good  as  the  eastern  public  school  system ;  we  visited  the  commercial 
houses ;  we  saw  a  steamer  off  for  Japan ;  we  visited  the  new  Court  House 
— a  "  white  elephant"  when  painted,  about  half  as  large  as  the  new  Cap- 
itol, in  Albany ;  we  succeeded  after  long  and  patient  inquiry,  in  discov- 

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ering  three  of  the  most  prominent  cUurohes,  but  noticed  that  the  people 
were  so  absent  mindeil  tlnit  they  hired  their  ])cv.  s  in  the  California  Thea- 
tre ;  -we  picked  a  sprig  of  ivy  from  the  grave  of  Thomas  Starr  King,  un- 
der the  shadow  of  the  charch  which  h'  organized,  and  here  and  there  we 
found  persons  who  spoke  kindly  of  hiu.,  and  remembered  his  soul-stirring 
eloquence,  but  the  memory  of  men  soon  passes  away  in  this  kaleidoscopic 
condition  of  society.  People  here  soem  to  feel  intensely  the  supreme 
power  of  the  present  tense,  caring  little  for  the  past,  and  like  Macbeth, 
"jumping  the  life  to  come."  Here  monfey  is  king,  and  it  is  perhaps  nat- 
ural that  it  should  be  in  a  land  of  gold  and  silver.  And  it  is  not  at  all 
unusual  to  find  men,  and  women  too,  discussing  the  value  of  stocks  and 
counting  up  their  profits  and  losses  on  fingers  well  loaded  with  diamonds. 
In  a  state  of  sudden  changes  it  is  quite  possible  that  society  should  be  a 
little  mixed,  and  perhops  jewelry  is  worn  slightly  iu  excess,  but  persons 
need  some  clothmg,  even  in  a  warm  climate,  and  every  little  helps,  even 
at  a  fashionable  dinner,  or  an  evening  party. 

After  lingering  about  two  weeks  in  Sun  Francisco,  we  resumed  our 
travels,  by  taking  steamer  to  Santa  Barbara,  a  voyage  of  3^0  miles  down 
the  coast.  We  averaged  ten  knots  an  hour,  and  arrived  at  5  o'clock  on  the 
afternoon  of  the  Istof  May.  We  were  met  at  the  landing  by  friends  from 
the  Hudson,  and  still  remember  with  great  pleasure  that  two  days'  visit 
—the  quiet  boarding-house,  half  covered  with  roses,  or,  to  verge  on  the 
poetical,  rose  embowered  in  reality,  as  well  as  iu  memory,  owned  by  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Dugdale,  formerly  of  Baltimore,  a  quiet,  home-like  place,  which 
I  here  particularly  mention  us  a  pleasant  house,  or  semi-hotel,  for  the 
visitor  to  tarry  in,  either  in  pursuit  of  rest,  healtli  or  pleasure. 

Santa  Barbara  is  well  styled  the  Palestine  of  America— a  combination 
of  mountam,  sea  und  valley,  with  here  and  there  vineyard  hills  and 
groves  of  orange  trees,  olive  and  pomegranat*.  The  Bev.  Mi..  Hough, 
formerly  from  Jackson,  Mich.,  and  a  Yale  graduate,  drove  us  all  day 
through  this  charming  country,  and  we  wish  we  had  time  and  space  for 
a  special  chapter  on  "Santa  Barbara." 

From  this  place  we  took  private  conveyance  to  Ojai  (pronounced  the 
0-hi),  one  of  the  most  healthful  valleys  in  the  State— and  here  we 
met  by  chanpe,  a  number  of  Dutchess  County  people  in  pursuit  of  health. 

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The  yallej  is  held  iu  n  half-circle  .of  the  To-Fa  Mountains,  and  com- 
pletely sheltered  from  the  sea  breezei.  Mr.  MoKie's  cottages  and  hotel 
have  a  delightful  location,  situated  iu  a  beautiful  grove  of  live  oaks  miles 
in  extent.  The  valley  seems  Arcadian  in  its  character,  and  here  ve 
foiiud  tt  real  Sab'  atli,  and  as  California  elsewhere  seemed  to  be  without 
a  Sunday,  hero  the  days  seemed  iu  their  quiet  chorooter,  a  succession  of 
Sundays  witliout  a  week-day. 

From  this  point  we  continued  our  journey  to  Newhall,  passing  a  fam- 
ous GastiliauBanche,  where  we  had  our  first  full  taste  of  the  beauty  of  an 
orange  grovj.  Moreover,  the  fruit  was  picked  fresh  from  the  tree  by  the 
hands  of  a  sweet  Gastilian  girl,  and  we  thought  that  tlie  day  might  not 
be  far  distant  when  she  might  pick  orange  blossoms  from  the  same  tree, 
and  listen  to  the  old,  old  story,  which  six  thousand  years  have  not  been 
able  to  wear  thread-bare.  At  Newhall  we  found  a  new  hotel,  kept  by  a 
Mr.  Field,  of  Wallingford,  Conn.,  a  pleasant  village  near  New  Haven', 
familiar  in  College  days,  and  hero  we  will  say  that  California,  although 
separated  from  the  east  by  great  mountains  and  deserts,  more  than  any 
other  State,  belongs  to  the  Union;  for  here  more  than  elsewhere  we  find 
persons  from  evei-y  town  and  city  from  Maine  to  Florida,  all  drawn  by 
golden  dreams  to  this  fair  £1  Dorado. 

From  Newhall  we  took  oars  to  Los  Angeles,  the  quaint  city  of  the 
State,  with  old  Spanish  houses  still  standing.  We  lingered  here  a  day, 
and  visited  the  large  Orange  Groves ;  had  our  carriage  half  filled  with 
oranges,  for  they  lay  upon  the  ground  like  apples  in  our  apple  orchards 
at  home.  We  ore  now  almost  five  hundred  miles  south  of  San  Francisco, 
or  a  greater  distance  than  from  New  York  to  Richmond. 

The  best  hotel  at  Los  Angeles,  is  the  Pico  House,  (Francisco  Pico,  Pro- 
prietor ;  John  Whitney,  Manager).  At  the  solicitation  of  porters  on  the 
train  we  were  driven  to  the  other,  (the  name  escapes  us),  but  after  we 
had  looked  it  over,  we  summoned  another  hack,  and  finally  reached  the 
Pioo.  It  is  located  in  the  centre  of  the  city,  and  presents  to  the  visitor 
who  enters,  a  certain  Oriental,  or  tropical  vision,  with  its  fountain,  court 
filled  with  orange  trees,  grapes,  roses,  limes  and  bananas.  From  Los 
Angeles  we  started  at  1:30  P.  M.,  for  the  Big  Trees  and  the  ,Yo  Semite. 
Soon  after  leaving  the  station  we  pass  through  a  long  tunnel,  ibout  6,000 

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feet  in  length,  and  soon  found  oiirselvcB  ou  the  plain  of  thcMojavio  Dch- 
ert,  (pronounced  Mohavie),  and  this  wan  doHolation  made  dcHolate.  The 
Great  American  Desert  was  nothing  to  this  climax  of  sandineBH.  The 
•wind  howled  acroBS  this  plain  to  Buch  an  extent  that  a  gentlonmn  from 
Maine  in  tlio  next  seat  remarked,  that  a  Bangor  winter  bhiHt  was  gentle 
music  in  comparison,  and  that  same  man,  in  less  than  half  an  hour,  at 
the  supper  station,  in  attempting  to  hang  ou  to  his  wife  and  hat  at  the 
same  time,  misBed  his  hold  of  the  latter,  and  conHunied  his  "twenty 
minutes  for  refreshments"  in  the  exhiliarating  recreation  of  dodging  that 
hat  around  a  thousand  acre  lot  of  sage  bushes.  But  he  finally  secured 
it.     (The  moral  is :  Don't  jest  with  the  breezes  of  the  Mojavie). 

The  New  Stage  Route  for  the  Yd  Semite.— In  the  morning,  4:30, 
we  arrived  at  Madera,  found  a  good  breakfast  at  a  new  hotel  near  the 
station,  and  at  6  A.  M.  took  our  places  in  the  finest  coach  we  have  ever 
seen,  either  in  the  Old  or  the  New  World.  They  are  styled  the  "  Kim- 
ball Coach,"  and  it  bears  the  same  relation  to  the  other  Yo  Semite 
coaches,  that  an  elegant  Pullman  car  bears  to  an  emigrant  caboose.  They 
are  elegant  in  every  particular,  and  the  route  to  the  Yo  Semite  is  now 
rendered  a  delightful  experience.  The  new  rood,  completed  June  1, 
79,  is  the  route,  and  the  shortest  stage  line  for  the  valley.  The  traveler, 
who  has  only  a  limited  time,  can  drive  through  tlie  "Mariposa  Big 
Trees,"  via  this  route,  and  thereby  save  one  day,  although  the  Big  Trees 
are  certainly  worth  a  day  by  themselves.    We  arrived  at 

Bio  Tube  Station,  where  we  found  a  new  hotel,  which  has  a  delight- 
ful location  on  a  branch  of  the  Merced  Eiver.  We  lingered  here  three 
days,  one  day  on  ourTvay  to  the  valley,  and  two  days  on  retuin  trip,  and 
we  would  have  been  delighted  to  have  spent  three  Aveeka.  This  is  the 
very  heart  of  the  Sierras,  only  twenty-two  miles  from  the  Yo  Semite,  and 
the  air  seemed  to  possess  more  health  and  vigor  than  any  point  of  the 
western  coast.  7  A.  M.  we  were  oflf  for  the  Big  Trees,  and  a  picturesque 
prxty  of  thirteen  took  the  trail  for  a  visit  to  the  monarchs  of  the  forest. 
After  a  pleasant  ride  of  an  hour  or  so  -we  reached  the  four  trees  that 
guard  the  threshold,  named.  New  York,  New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts 
and  Vermont,  But  -we  havn't  time  to  indicate  by  name,  in  fact  it  would 
take  a  volume  by  itself  to  describe  the  640  trees  -which  make  up  the  most 

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wonderful  "orobunl"  of  tlio  world.  Eivoh  tree  would  bo  worthy  of  u 
page,  ami  we  would  hiivo  n  volume  of  (J  10  pages — niid  wo  are  limited  to 
twcuty  Hues.  We  rode  through  trecH  lyiu;^  proBtrate,  and  t)ut  through  a 
knot  hole.  We  walked  over  trees  where  a  i)er8ou  could  drive  a  coach  with 
six  horses.  Wo  stood,  all  twelve  of  u«,  on  horscbaek  in  the  hollow  of  a 
U-eo  still  standing.  We  rode  into  one  tree,  known  as  "  Bruoe's  Tele- 
scope," and  looked  up  120  feet  at  the  sky  and  floating  clouds.  (The  tree 
was  named  after  a  gentleman  who  accomimnied  us,  brother  of  one  of  the 
hotel  proprietors  of  the  Big  Tree  Station,  and  the  incident,  T  believe, 
was  this  :  Two  or  three  years  ago  Prof.  Bark.-r  and  a  jinrty  of  soientiflo 
persons  were  visiting  the  trees,  and  told  this  ^Ir.  Bnico  where  they  noted 
the  last  eclipse,  and  he  told  them  that  ho  would  show  them  his  place  of 
observation  for  matters  i>f  that  kind,  and  took  them  to  this  tree,  and  it 
has  been  known  as  Bruce's  Telescope  from  that  day).  We  saw  the  Lody 
of  the  Forest  dressed  in  satin  bark ;  wo  saw  the  old  Grizzly,  one  hun- 
dred feet  at  the  base,  wiioso  branch  one  hundred  feet  from  the  ground 
is  larger  than  any  tree  wo  have  seen  on  the  Atlantic  coast.  Wo  saw  the 
Poets,  standing  together  like  "Boston  Greatness"  in  a  group.  We 
took  dinner  near  the  great  tree  known  as  Andy  Johnson,  (as  it  fell  the 
week  of  his  death),  and  wo  still  remember  the  clear  spring  and  the  rustic 
table;  we  visited  "Inspiration  Point,"  No.  1,  with  its  grand  view  of 
mountain  and  canon,  and  returned  that  night  with  pictures  stamped  in 
memory  never  to  be  eflfaced.  That  one  day  alone  is  well  worth  the  trip 
across  the  Continent.  There  are  one  or  two  other  groves  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  Yo  Semite,  but  we  understand  from  those  who  have  visited  both, 
that  the  Mariposa  Grove  is  the  grandest  in  extent,  and  the  one  to  be  seen 
by  the  tourist. 

Thk  Yo  Semite. — One  morning  about  7  o'clock,  we  left  the  Big  Tree 
Station  for  the  Yo  Semite.  It  was  rather  early  in  the  season,  about  the 
11th  of  June,  if  we  remember,  and  we  encountered  quite  a  snow  storm 
en  route.  But  the  combination  of  snow,  forest,  rocks,  and  at  last,  sun- 
shine, made  a  very  complete  picture.  About  noon  we  came  in  sight  of 
El  Capit<in  Mountain,  and  halted  at  Inspiration  Point.  The  view  here 
is  grand,  glorious  and  impressive.  Now  wo  begin  the  descent,  and  in  an 
hour  of  skillful  and  rapid  driving,  puss  from  an  altitude  of  7,000  feet  to 

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the  lovol  (if  tlui  volley,  which  Ib  4,000  feet  nbovo  the  nen.  On  our  loft  i« 
the  Hhecr  wull  of  El  Civpiton,  on  the  riRl'.t  the  Cathetlral  Spires.  Farther 
on  t(j  the  li'ft,  wo  see  tlui  Three  Brotliois  and  tlio  "  Y()8€>mito  Fall,"  and 
again  on  the  left,  the  "  Bridal  V..m1"  and  Sentinel  llock.  Under  the 
shadow  of  Sentinel  Rock  wo  stopped  at  Black's  hotel,  which,  taken  all  in 
all,  wo  consider  the  pleasantest  place  for  the  Yo  Semite  visitor.  It  has 
the  grandest  and  most  pictures<iUO  location  of  any  in  the  Valley.  The 
'*  Yo  Semite  "  is  directly  in  front,  falling  2,600  feet,  (or  holf  n  mile  per- 
pendicular). The  Sentinel  Rock,  rising  3,200  feet  in  the  rear,  like  on 
immense  stalagmite  of  a  mammoth  cavern,  and  on  all  sides  of  the  great 
amphitheatre  which  opens  out  in  front  of  the  hotel,  gi'cat  walla  of  rock 
rise  halfway  to  the  sky.  Wo  located  here,  sat  up  until  midnight  to  see 
the  moon  rise,  and  got  up  at  sun-riso  to  see  ''  Mirror  Lake,"  and  we  are 
not  sure  which  hour  is  the  lovliest,  Yo  Semite  by  moonlight,  or  in  the 
gray  light  of  morning.  On  our  right  we  see  Union  Point  and  Glazier 
Toint,  and  on  the  left  wo  pass  close  to  the  Royal  Arches  and  Washing- 
ton's column.  Before  ns  now  we  see  the  fereat  South  Dome,  5,100  feet 
above  the  vuUcy,  which  looks  as  if  it  had  been  cleft  into  by  the  atroke  of 
"Thor's  Hammer."  Farther  on  up  the  Valley  we  see  Cloud'*  Rest, 
6,000  feet,  and  Watkins,  and  on  our  left  the  "North  Dome,"  almost 
5,000  feet  above  ns.  Wo  stop  at  Mirror  Lake  just  a  minute  before  sun- 
rise. The  reflection  in  the  Lake  is  very  perfect,  and  there  is  no  drive  in 
the  Yo  Semite  more  charming  than  this ;  and  one  tiling  we  are  sure  of, 
whoever  jjatronizcH  the  lino  run  by  Mr.  Marcus  Hedges,  will  get  a  goodly 
quantity  of  Yo  Semite  information,  provided  he  feels  as  talkative  as  he 
ilid  that  special  morning. 

Glazieb  Point. — We  started  ono  morning  at  7  A.  M. ,  for  Glazier  Point, 
a  well  kept  trail,  and  perfectly  safe.  We  had  for  guide,  a  man  well  in- 
formed on  many  subjects,  Mr.  L.  G.  Wharton,  who,  by  the  way,  is  Jus- 
tice of  the  Peace  in  the  Valley,  and  therefore  a  safe  man  to  have  along. 
Whether  he  is  "  up  on  the  law"  or  not  we  cannot  say,  but  ho  is  certainly 
well  up  on  the  mountains,  as  he  knows  every  trail  within  sixty  miles. 
Ho  gave  us  enough  material  on  that  trip  to  write  a  quarto  on  the  Yo 
Semite,  and  we  have  the  notes  tied  up  somewhere,  so  there  is  no  danger 
of  their  getting  loose.    The  view  from  Glazier's  Point  reverses  the  Val- 

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the  Point  he  has  to  look  otraight  down.    The  Morced  winds  through  the 
valley  as  crooked  as  the  Corneoticut  through  the  meadows  of  Hadley. 
It  seemed  very  prosaic  to  eat  dinner  in  the  midst  ol  so  much  beauty,  but 
•wj  were  hungry,  and  it  is  said  that  even  artists  eat  once  a  week  in  this 
section.    But  the  view  from  this  open  air  dining-room  helped  out  the 
bill  of  fare  amazingly.    The  Vernal  and  Nevada  Falls  on  one  side,  and 
the  Yo  Semite  on  the  other,  and  all  around  us  mountains  from  10,000  to 
13,000  feet  above  the  sea.    We  met  on  our  trip  persons  who  had  just  vis- 
ited the  Alps,  Englishmen,  too,  who  said  that  there  was  no  comparison, 
that  the  Yo  Semite  stood  alone  in  gi-andure  and  sublimity.    But  there  is 
only  one  more  page  left  for  us  to  get  home  in,  and  we  return  at  once  to 
San  Francisco.    We  would  like  to  speak  of  Bflmont,  where  we  passed  a 
pleasant  Sabbath.     Of  beautiful  Santa  C/lara,  where  it  seemed  like  home, 
in  the  company  of  one  whose  name  is  well  imcwn  to  many  in  the  Hud- 
son Valley,  the  Bev.  Quincy  Collins,  who  has  genuine  love  for  the  Pa- 
cific slope.    I  would  like  to  speak  of  Lake  Tahoe,  where  we  passed  a 
quiet  and  happy  day,  (a  lake  (3,000  feet  above  the  sea),  some  20  or  25 
mtles  in  diameter,  but  we  have  no  further  space,  if  we  keep  our  prom- 
ise, in  reference  to  Denver,  where  we  stopped  on  our  retvim  trip.    Wc 
run  down  from  Cheyenne,  and  Iiad  a  pleasant  time  in  this  flourishing 
city.    We  found  a  pleasant  place  to  rest  at  the  *' Alvord  House,"  which 
is,  without  doubt,  the  best  of  the  three  claimants  for  patronage.    The 
gr«a.t  travel  for  Leadville  has  given  ne  iv  impetus  to  the  city,  and  the  streets 
showed  great  thrift  and  prosperity.     Denver  has  long  been  noted  as  a 
health  resort,  and  for  those  who  need  dry  mountain  air,  there  is  no  bet- 
ter placo  for  the  invalid.     We  returned  to  New  York  via  St.  Louis  and 
the  Pan  Handle  route  to  Pittsburg,  and  if  the  reader  is  in  doubt,  after 
reading  these  hastily  written  pages,  whether  we  had  a  good  time  or  not, 
on  this  western  trip,  we  will  assure  him  right  here,  that  w«  had. 


Jllustf^ted    J^oem, 

"THE    YO    SEMITE," 

By  WALLACE  BRUCE, 

WILL  BE  PUBLISHED   NEXT  OCTOBER. 

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TAUNTOX,   NKW    I5EDF0RD,   CAPE    COD,   MARTHA'S    VINEYARD, 
NANTUCKST,  LOWELL,   LAWRENCE,   NASHUA,  MANCHES- 
TER, CONCORD,  PORTLAND,  BANGOR,  MOUNT 
DESERT,  WHITE  MOUNTAINS,  Etc.,  Etc 

MAMMOTH  PALACE  STEAMERS, 

"BRISTOL"  i  "PROVIDFJCE" 

Jjarffestf  Ftneat  and  most  Costly  Steamers  of  their  Class  in  the  World. 

Splendid  Bands  of  Music 

A.ooompan.y   eaoh.    Steamer    rluring    the   season  of  ^pleasure 

travel.  


Steamers  leave  NEW  YORK  from  Pier  28,  Norih  River,  foot  of  Murray  Street.  TraioB 
connecting  witli  Steamers  at  Fall  River— 49  miles— leave  BOSTON  from  Old  Colony  E.  B. 
Depot,  cor.  South  and  Kueoland  Sts. 

BROOKLYN  and  JERSEY  CITY  PASaENGERS  Iranaferrcd  free,  via  Annex  boat, 
to  and  from  Pier  of  this  Line. 


J.  R.  KENDRICK, 

Sup't. 


GEO.  L.  CONNOR, 

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PEINOIPAL  TIOZET  OFFICES. 


BOSTOF—  203  and 205  Washington  utreet. 

NEW  YORK.— 526 Broadway;  lAstor House,  944 Broadway;  8 Bat- 
tery  Place;  Depot,  foot  of  DoRbrosses  Street;  Depot,  foot  of  Courtlandt  Street; 
Depot,  Jersey  City;  Buscb's  Hotel,  Iloboken. 

BEOOKLYN.— 4  Conrt  Street;  Brooklyn  Annex  Dapot,  foot  of  Ful- 
ton Street. 

PHII'ADELPHIA— 838  Chestnut  Street;  S.  E.  cor.  Broad  and  Chest- 
nut Jtreets;  116  Market  Street;  Depot,  a2d  and  JIarket  Streets;  Depot,  foot 
of  Market  Street;  4  Chelten  A.'enue,  German  town, 

BALTIUOBE.— N.  E.  Comer  Baltimore  and  Calvert  Streets;  Union 
Depot,  Charles  Street;  Culvert  Sfc-.tion,  Northern  Central  liailway. 

WASHJNGTON.-N.  E.  Cor.  13th  Street  and  Pennsylvania  Ave. ; 
N.  E.  Cor.  6th  Street  and  Pennsylvania  Ave. ;  Depot  Baltimore  and  Potomac 
Builroad,  cor.  6th  and  B  Streets. 

RICHMOND.— 826  Main  Street;  Exchange  Hotel;  Depot  R.  F.  &  F. 
B.  B.,  cor.  Eighth  ami  Byrd  Streets. 

EARRISBTTRG.^  12  North  3rd  Street;  Depot. 
PITTSBURG.— 78  Fifth  Avenue;  Union  Depot 


DISTRICT  PASSENGER  AGENTS. 

CYRUS  S.  HALDEMAN,  Nev  England  Agent, 

203  and  205  Washington  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 
SAM'L.  CARPENTER,  Oen.  Eaticm  Passenger  Agent, 

■  C26  Broadway,  New  York. 
J.  N.  ABBEY,  Passenger  Agent,  Philadelphia  District, 

101  South  Broad  Street,  Philadelphia. 

ED.  S.  YOUNG,  Ass't  Oen.  Ticket  Agent, 

South-Eastem  Dist,  Baltimore,  J[d. 

J.  K.  SHOEMAKER,  Passenger  Jgt.,  Middle  District, 

12  North  Third  St.,  Harrisbnrg,  Pa. 

THOS.  E.  WATT,  Passenger  Agt,   Western  District, 

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GREAT    TRUNK    LINE 

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United    States    Mail    Route 

is  universally  acknowledged  to  be 

THE  MODEL  RAILEOAD  OF  AMERICA, 

Bepreaenting  in  its  constntotion  and  equipment,  the  courtesy  and  discipline  of 

its  employees,  and  ita  entire  uianagement,  thr-  most  advanced  standard 

and  the  best  adapted  to  make  railway  travel 

SAFE,    SWIFT,    LUXURIOUS, 

And  in  every  way  satisfactory. 

FROM    )  New    York,   Philadelphia,    Baltimore  and   Washington, 
TO     )  Chicago,  Cincinnati,  Louisville,  Indianapolis  tf;  St.  Louis, 
WITHOUT  CHANGE. 

PULLMAN    HOTEL    CAKS 

Are  also  now  running  between 

NEW   YORK   and   CHICAGO,         ^ 

NEV/    YORK   and.   ST.    LOUIS. 

Passengers  by  this  popular  route  will  find  its  management  characterized  by 
that  close  attention  to  all  minor  details  which  make  or  luar  the  tiujoymeut  of  a 
trip  by  rail. 

Ask  for  Tickets 
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FRANK  THOMSON.  L.  P.  PARMER, 

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K1TROPEAN    PliAN, 

Cor.  Chambers  Street  &  ^A/'est  Broadway,  N.  Y. 

riBST-OLABB  AOOOMMODATIONS  FOE  400  QUESTS. 

THIS  HOTEL  HAS  BEEN  EECEXTLT  FITTED  TIP  FOR  THE  COMFORT,  SAFE- 

TT  AND  CONVENIENCE  OF  ITS  GUESTS. 

It  18  centrally  locate.!,  tho  principnl  City  Rnilways  pass  the  door  U  Aj™  J?'""**!,' ^^{5* 
the  New  Jersey  Ceiitrnl,  I'eiinsylvaiiiii,  Delaware,  Lackawam  a  aud  Western,  trteKall- 
llSids  111  HiuUonKivi'r  Steamboats ;  W  thin  fifteen  minutes'  ride  of  Grand  Central  Depot 
and  Central  Paik  bv  Elevated  Railroad.  An  Otis  Brothers'  Elevator  carnes  g-iests  to  ev- 
e?v  flc^r  rerderiuK  a^l  ro^ms  easy  of  access.  Tho  house  contains  a  Barber's  Shop  with  range 
oFBaSTs  rilailrold  Ticket  Ottico  where  Tickets  may  be  obtained  at  the  same  prices  as  at 
?LdePs!aMl"aTd  Cm,  and  a  News  Office  for  the  sole  of  Daily  and  AVeetly  Papers. 

Perio«ifcais,  Etc.  Rooms,  $I.OO  per  Day,  and  upwards. 

Hoomc,  Atr  two,  9"  SO  per  doy  and  upwards,  uccordlng  to  l,ocatlon  of  Booms. 

N.  &  S.  J.  HUCGIN8,  Proprietors. 

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"  The  rocky  nook  with  hill  tops  three, 
Looked  eastward  from  tho  iHrinst 
And  twice  eiicli  day  the  flowing  sea 
Took  UoBtou  ill  its  iinus." 

One  of  tbe  pleasantest  routes  returning  from  the  White  Mountains,  is 
via  the  Boston,  Coucorcl  and  Montreal  R.  R.,  to  Boston.  There  is  no 
city  on  the  continent  of  greater  interest  or  liner  associations  to  the  gen- 
uine American;  and  it  is  generally  remarked  that  a  foreigner  takes  nat- 
urally to       new  "Athena."  The  centraland  business  parts  of  the  city  axe 


AMEBXOAN  HOUSE,  BOSTON,  MAS8., 
Lewis  RiOE  ft  Son,  ProprietorB. 
suggestire  of  many  of  the  oldest  cities  of  Europe.  The  Boston  Common— 
Bunker  Hill,  Charlestown— the  old  tree  at  Cambridge,  where  Washington 
took  command  of  the  American  army,  and  his  Headquarters,  (now  the 
home  of  Longfellow,)  the  grounds  of  Harvard,  the  fine  Public  Buildings, 
present  sufficient  attraction  for  a  week's  visit.  The  Old  South  Church, 
the  State  House,  and  Faneuil  Hall,  are  in  the  very  heart  of  the  city,  and 
near  at  hand  the  American  House,  built  on  the  site  of  the  home  of 
General  Joseph  Warren,  the  hero  of  '76.  This  house  is  one  of  the  best 
managed  and  most  attractive  of  NeAV  England  first-class  hotels,  and  the 
proprietors  have  won  an  enviable  reputation  for  their  uniform  exoellenoe 
of  table  and  the  home-like  comfort  which  pervades  their  establishment. 


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Poughkeepsie,  Rondout  and 

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MARY     POWELL, 

Will    Leave    Every   Afternoon   (Sundays   Excepted), 
FROM    FOOT  OF  FROM    FOOT  OF 

VESTRY  STREET, 
3:10  o'clock. 


24TH   STREET, 
3:30  o'clock. 


Tiv  fhiB  linn  an  omiortuiilty  is  afforded  of  viewiiiR  CRO'  NEST,  STORM  KING,  and  other 
^  *^tat8  of  bea°ura"^  W«t"ri«  i"t«'««t-    The  Tourist  «.,eB  the  HIIDSON  HIGHLANDS 
pomis  "',^^^^^'g  gloaming,"  the  finest  hour  for  Mountalu  and  Hiver  Scenery. 

Mt^mm^mmtmrn'rf\%'re*  To  and  from  Brooklyn  by  the  boats  of  the  Brooklyn  Annex. 
nmTMEC  1  lU JM  U.  With  Elevated  Hallways  at  Canal,  Grand  and  23d  Streets.  At 
PouahkeepSe  with  EvetinTTraiusfor  the  North,  via.  H.  R.  K.  E.,  aud  with  Ferry  to  Highland, 
ir  n^ndoiit  itli  V  k  I)  K  K.  At  T.'est  I'oiiit  with  Ferry  to  Cold  Spring.  At  Newburgh 
will.  Ferrv  and  8ta"o  to  Fishkill  Landing,  Matteawan,  Grovevillo,  Olenham  and  Fisbkill  Vll- 
\aa"  At  New  6araV)iirgli  witi'.  Ferry  to  Hamrtou  aad  Marlborough,  and  with  Stage  to  Wap. 
piiigcrs'  Falls.     At  Hydfi  Park  by  Ferry  to  Wost  Park. 

TirketH  Sold  niid  RagsaRe  Checked  on  the  boat  to  Philadelphia,  also  at  the 
offices  of  tlK-Pennsvlvana  Kailr?a'd  and  North  P«nn.  Railroad  in  Philadelphia,  and  Baggage 
checked  tlirovigh  to' all  points  on  the  route  of  the  Mary  Powell. 

'  Tick<^U  N«ld  and  Baggage  Checked  to  all  Stations  on  the  Ulster  &  Delaware 
R.  R.  tor  the  Catskill  Mountains. 

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NEW^    YORK. 


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^gent.  Ill  Fulton  St.,  New  York. 


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OFFICE  i  LIBRARY  FURNITURE. 

1 1 1  Fulton  Street,  New  York, 

FINE    CYLINDER   AND    ROLL   DESKS. 

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16<5  GREENWICH  STREET, 

Manufactory,  POUGHKEEPSIE,  N.  T.     (Near  Oourtlandt,)  NEW  YORK. 

Has  for  24  Years  ^<3l<l  i^x  po- 
sition as  the  Leading  M<)  W- 
,      ER  AND  BEAPElt  of  the 

It  is  superior  to  all  others  in 
the  principles  of  its  construction 
and  while  its  Average  Durabil* 
ity  has  been  more  than  double 
that  of  other  machines,  the  cost 
of  keeping  it  in  repair  has  been 
less  than  one-half. 

The  ADRIANOE  is  a  Light,  Strong,  Simple  and 

EFFICIENT 

Containing  MORE  OOOO 
POINTS  than  any  other,  and 
is  a  worthy  companion  to  the 
BUCOYE  HGWER. 


Prices  reduced  to  the  lowest 
point  at  which  it  is  possible  to 
maintaia  the  high  standard 
of  excellence  in  Material  and 
Workmanship. 


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Floating 

Our  Gnide  was  in  the  presa  before  the  "Albany  "  made  her  first  trii 
up  tlie  Hiidson,  but  we  have  reserved  the  prominent  page  of  our  Map 
to  present  a  brief  description,  which  will  be  of  interest  to  the  tourist 
The  steamer  is  800  feet  in  length,  and  78  feet  8  inches  in  width  ovei 
the  guards.     (Length  on  the  water-line  285  feet,  with  width  of  beam  4C 
feet.)     The  hull  is  of  steel,  divided  into  four  water-t'ght  compartmentb 
without  connections,  so  that  it  is  n<^xt  to  impossible  for  her  to  sink 
The  engines  were  built  by  Fletcher,  ilarrison  &  Co. ,  of  New  York,  o.' 
the  vortical  beam  description,  with  cylinders  73  inches  and  12  feet  stroke. 
The  Dining  lioom  is  on  the  main  deck,  and  superb  in  its  appoint- 
ments.    It  is  safe  to  say  that  there  is  nothing  which  approaches  it  in 
"  taste  and  beauty  "  in  any  steamer  in  the  world.     The  Grand  Stoircasi 
aft  is  elegantly  designed,  and  at  the  head  of  this  staircase  is  Folmer'i 
exquisite   piece  of  sculptured  marble,  "June,"  while  fore  and  aft  o— 
the  staircase  are  paintings  by  Bierstadt  and  Gropsy.     It  is  fitting  that 
Palmer's  "June"  should  greet  the  tourist  on  the  "Albany,"  for  Pal 
mer's  home  is  in  the  city  which  has  given  name  to  the  new  steamer,  ana 
as  it  is  a  "  Summer  Boat,"  "June"  is  a  fitting  embodiment  of  the  sea- 
son.    The  saloon  is  grand  and  beautiful,  and  the  wide  semicircle  of  win 
dows  to  the  front  will  hold  hundreds  of  admirers  of  the  Palisades  and 
the  Highlands.    The  staterooms  on  the  "Promenade  Deck  "  are  as  beau- 
tiful as  a  "  Chinese  Box,"  and  the  "Hurricane  Deck"  has  room  toy  i 
thotisand  promenaders. 

One  page  is  not  enough  to  do  the  "Albany"  justice.  Her  flr.t  iiip 
up  the  river  was  a  perfect  ovation.  The  Landings  were  crowded,  1  jjIs 
were  rung,  cannon  fired,  and  there  were  "nine  hours  of  whistling  "  from 
New  York  to  Albany.  It  proved  the  popularity  of  the  Day  Line,  for 
nothing  like  it  ever  occurred  before  on  the  Hudson. 

„  Thubsty  McQuiUh 


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ASH  THE  HORTH. 

NIAGARA    FA 

AND  THE  WEST. 

'  The    X^BVorlte    Steamers 

ALBANY    and    C.    VIBB. 

LEAVE  DAILY  \  From  foot  of  Vestry  St,Pier  39, 
EICEPT  SUNDAYS, )  From  foot  of  24tli  St,  N.  R.  at  9 

Connecting  at  Albany  with  trains  for  Plattaburgh,  t 
Montreal  and  the  North.  BuflUo,  Niagara  Falls,  Tta 
and  the  West;  at  Nsw  York  with  trains  for  PhiUu 
South. 

Connecting  at  Bhinebeok  (by  Ferry)  with  Express  tra 
and  Delaware  It.  B  for  all  resorts  in  the  Oatskill  Mounl 

FOB  SABATOaA— A  Special  Express  Train  Ic 
6:25  p  in.  for  Oohoes,  M^chaniosville,  Bonnd  Iiak« 
arriving  at  Saratoga  7:55  p  m.  Returning,  leaves  Sar 
makes  same  stops  and  lands  passengers  at  Day  Line  Dock,  ii 
New  York. 

Excursion  tickets  to  Newburgh  (nearly  two  hours  fo 
Point  (3  hours),  returning  by  Down  Boat. 


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and    C.     VIBBARD,       * 

n  foot  0fVestrySt,Pier39,N.R.  at  8:35  a.ffl. 
nfootof24ttiSt,N.R.at9;00a.E 

h  trains  for  Plattaburgh,  the  Adirondaoka, 
tuflUo,  Niagrara  FaUs,  Thousand  lalanda 
ork  with  trains   for  Philadelphia   and   the 

(by  Ferry)  with  Expreag  train  oa  the  Ulster 
ssorta  in  the  Oatskill  Mountain*. 

Ipeolal  Express  Train  Icavoi  Albany  at 
hanissville,  Bound  Lake  aid  Ballston, 
m.  Keturning,  leaves  Saratoga  7:00  a.  m., 
jscngers  at  Day  Line  Dock,  in  time  for  Boat  to 


burgh  (nearly  two  hours  for  visiting),  West 
Down  Boat. 


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0»'^     out   OF    A   I'OBHiBliJ! 

One  New  York  plauo-mokm-  U«uk  not  only  tmblishcd  th"  J«^ 
bnt  "L  diahonJly  adTertised  that  hn  recelveS  «"  •''^^f  "f.^f  °^ 
certify  tLat  he  reached  an  average  of  OO}  only,  ranking  but  THJ 

"^  ThlawtrtiflcateH  can  In,  «een  at  STEINWAY  A  SONS' wa, 
the  U.  8.  Centennial  Conunltiaion,  contaimng  the  verdict  of  all  the  gi 

& 

HAVE  ALSO  KECKTVKD 

THE  ritiohal  sold  hbdal  of  8wede!i  and  borw, 

FIRST  or  THE  CRAND  COLD  HEDALSi  OF  HONOR,  Ex 
TBSTinOIIAL  HEDAL,  tnm  ••The  SMicte  llfcre  deii  Bci 
FIRNT  PRIZE  HED4L,  Worli'n  Fair,  L«a4on,  I8«t. 
ACADEBICAL  HONORS,  tnm  the  <' Royal  Academics  of 


n  ■  -rr-wn      a  T  af\    XfCr* 


Of  their  immense   number   of   Testimoni 
beg  to  submit  the  following 

GRACEFUL  TRIBUTE  FROM  MADAM! 

THE  CKLEBKATED  BUSSIAX  Vl 


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Mesars.  8TEI1VW  A."*  So  SOIVS, 

New  Yobk. 
Gentlemen  : 
Intending  to  sail  for  Europe  next  "Wednesday,  per 
thanks  for  Qie  many  courtesies  extended  to  me  durin 
United  States  and  Canada  for  the  past  six  months. 

I  also  take  this  opportunity  to  express  to  you  the 
have  enjoyed  from  the  use— both  in  pubho  and  ir 

_:^^^^    nriik  mVioh  Tarn   mni-A  in  InvA  fhn.n  Aver. 

Component/  pB,ris  oi  vouo  are  ciuany  nuw  uibuuuwj 
vated  ears,  and  I  frequently  detect  impure  mixtures 
thetic  tone  in  the  pianos  of  other  makers. 

The  wonderful  beauty  and  sympathetic  tone  qu,ality  i 
and  so  to  say,  satiating  to  the  sense  of  hearing,  a 
component  parts,  hence  its  richness,  itsgem-iike  spai 
with  the  greatest  possible  volume,  depth,  sonority  an( 
quality  to  a  distance,  render— to  my  taste— the  S 
poetry. 

The  action  is  perfection  itself,  responding  with  eqi 
or  powerful  touch,  and  under  the  severest  trials  its 
power  remains  uncharged,  enabling  the  boundless  re 
fully  unlocked,  according  to  the  inspiration  of  the  ai 

No  other  European  or  American  pianos  known 
durability  under  the  severest  usage,  nor  combine  all 
as  yours,  and  in  them  I  have  found  my  ideal  irifctruB 

I  cannot  conclude  without  referring  to  your  tone-i 
addition,  greatly  extending  the  capacity  of  the  pia 
charming  effects,  which  it  has  afforded  me  great  plei 
sitions— -both  classical  and  modem. 

Wishing  you  every  possible  success, 

I  remain,  most  sincerely  yours, 


l^     out   Of    a   I'OHHlBliiS     *»«.  ,         ^  ^ 

not  only  pnblishcd  the  Jndgw'  sigmituroH  nttar hod  to  i\n  nitcrrrt  n'port, 
in  received  »n  ayeraRe  of  96  out  of  ft  poiwiblB  9fi,  the  exnmli  ng  Jndg<>9 
OO}  only,  ranking  but  THIBD  on  Square  pianos,  and  F  jURTH  on 

at  8TEINWAY  A  SONS'  warerooma,  an  also  the  "Offlclnl  Reports"  of 
taming  the  verdict  of  all  the  group  Judge*,  juiit  publkhed  in  booB  form, 

S-W^AY    &   SONS,     • 

HAVE  ALSO  KKCKIVED 
it  OF  8WEDE!I  AND  RORWIT,  ISM. 

LD  HIEDALN  OF  HONOB,  Expoiltton  KnlfcrMlIc,  Parii,  1867. 
I  "The  SMicte  llkre  de«  Bcux  Arti."    Parii,  1807. 
M'R  Fair.  L«a4on,  I86f.  ,         ^     . 

I  the  <' Royal  Academics  of  Arti"  at  Bcriln  and  MockholB. 


'7S" 


imber  of  Testimonials,  STEINWAY  &  SONS 
ing 

E  FROM  MADAME  ANNETTE  ESSIPOFF, 

E  CBLBBRATED  RUSSIAN  VIAiaSTK: 

New  York,  May  16th,  1877. 

X. 

>pe  next  "Wednesday,  permit  me  to  tender  you  my  Binoereat 
ea  extended  to  me  during  my  concert  tour  throughout  the 
r  the  past  six  months.  .-a    l- 

ity  to  express  to  you  the  great  pleasure  and  gratification  I 
—both  in  public  and  in  private— of  your  really  matchless 
■A  in  InvA  than  Aver. 

r  detect  impure  mixtures  in  what  is  designated  as  a  sympa- 

ather  makers.  ■•  v  t  ,,  , 

sympathetic  tone  quality  of  the  Stemway  piano,  so  d«»lightful, 
the  sense  of  hearing,  arises  from  the  perfect  purity  of  its 
ichness,  itsgem-iike  sparkle  and  brilliancy,  which,  together 
lume,  depth,  sonority  and  unequalled  singing  and  carrying 
er— to  my  taste— the  Steinway  tone  the  very  essence  of 

self,  responding  with  equal  promptitude  to  .lie  most  delicate 
r  the  seTerest  trials  its  wonderful  precision,  elasticity  and 
nabling  the  boundless  resources  of  the  Steinway  piano  to  be 
the  inspiration  of  the  artist.  j-         i* 

American  pianos  known  to  me  possess  such  extraordinary  \ 
t  usage,  nor  combine  all  excellencies  to  such  a  high  degree 
e  found  my  ideal  iifttrument. 

t  referring  to  your  tone-sustaining  pedal,  a  highly  valuable 
the  capacity  of  the  piano  for  the  production  of  new  and 
&8  afforded  me  great  pleasure  to  introduce  in  various  compo- 
aodem. 

3ssible  success,  ,„^^„ 

1,  most  sincerely  yours,  ANNETTE  ESSIPOFF. 


I  cannot  conclude  without  referring  to  your  ton 
addition,  greatly  xte.  .  "»  the  capacity  of  the  j 
charming  effects,  .«'u.  i  ii>  Has  afforded  me  great  pi 
sitions— -both  olasaical  and  modem. 

Wishing  you  every  possible  snocess, 

I  remain,  most  sincerely  yours 


FROM  ANTON   RU 

Gentlemen:  On  the  eve  of  returning  to  Europe, 
to  you  my  most  heartfelt  thanks  for  all  the  kindc 
during  my  stay  in  the  United  States;  but  also,  anc 
fortes,  which,  once  more,  have  done  full  justice  to 
excellence  and  capacity  of  enduring  the  severest 
difficult  journeys  all  over  America,  in  a  very  incl 
enabled  to  use  your  Pianos  exclusivel;ir  in  my  two  ! 
in  private,  with  the  most  eminent  batisfaction  and 
Yourt,  vej  ,'  Uuly, 

IRvy  I'^.  FRAN 

IMCesara.  8TE1WWAY  &,  «OISS, 

Gents:  The  ::uagnificent  Steinway  Grand  Piani 
presents  a  hmfnonio  totality  of  admirable  qucUitie8,a 
more  SHperflnous,  as  this  instrument  fully  justifi 
years  you  have  everywhere  enjoyed. 

expression  of  my  undisguised  admiration,  with  wl 

Very  sincerely  yours, 


Prices  as  low  as  the  exclusive  use  ol 
thorough  workmanship  will  permit.  Old 
By  Illustrated  Catalogues  with  Price  L 

STEINWAY  &  SONS' 


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)ut  referring  to  your  tone-BUstaining  pedal,  a  highly  valuable 
-»  the  capacity  of  the  piano  for  the  production  of  new  and 
Has  a£forded  me  great  pleasure  to  introduce  in  various  cr  mpo- 
l  modem. 

possible  snccesB, ^„„ 

ain,  most  sincerely  yours,  ANNETTE  ESSIPOFF. 

ROM  ANTON   RUBINSTEIN. 

New  Yoi  k,  May  24th,  1873. 

of  returning  to  Europe,  I  deem  it  my  pleasant  duty  to  express 
1  thanks  for  all  the  kindneus  and  courtesy  you  Lave  shown  me 
ted  States;  but  also,  and  above  all,  for  your  unrivaled  Piano- 
have  done  full  justice  to  their  world-wide  reputation,  both  for 
»f  enduring  the  severest  trials.  For,  during  all  my  long  and 
•  America,  in  a  very  inclement  season,  I  used  and  have  been 
>B  exclusively  in  my  two  hundred  and  fifteen  concerts,  and  also 

eminent  batisfaction  and  e£fect.  „„,„ 

0,  ver/  Uuly,  ANTON  RUBINSTEIN. 

FROA'  T'^.  FRANZ  LISZT. 

Weimar,  Skptembkr  3,  1873. 
'A.Y  Ac  «OIS8, 

t  Stein  way  Grand  Piano  now  stands  in  my  music  room,  and 
y  of  admirable  qualUies,  a  detailed  enumeration  of  which  it  the 
I  instrument  fully  justifies  the  world-wide  reputution  that  for 
8  enjoyed.  , ,         ,  ,  ^, 

.4     _-.-•--    -.._«:i    -^f    ^*^    aImm    aHH    «vi-«r   rirkmarrA    and    t.nA 

lised  admiration,  with  which  1  remain,  ,, .  t.^^  t  xar/rr 

ery  sincerely  yours,  FRANZ  LISZT. 

m  WdLffMiui  fir  Fi?e  Issues. 

the  exclusive  use  of  the  beat  materiala  and  most 
ip  will  permit.     Old  Piano<?  taken  in  exchange, 
logues  with  Price  List  mailed  free  on  application. 

kl  &  SONS'  WAREROOMS, 


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